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Originally Posted by Goud21
Yeah..I guess I'm trying to understand the intent of the rule. Why not force people to show at showdown to get their portion of a chopped pot? It helps the integrity of the game and also proves that the hand was dealt properly (each player has 2 and only 2 cards).
What benefit is there to letting people declare that they're playing the board and muck and still get paid?
I think RR is saying that the intent of the rule is to not overly punish newcomers who don't realize that they have to show their cards to play the board. i.e. the rule is a formalization of the fact that a floor can use rule 1 to allow a noob player to get his part of the pot if he mucks his hand believing that he didn't have to show to play the board (perhaps he comes from a home game where this is the rule).
He was there and I wasn't, but this interpretation doesn't seem all that plausible to me, or at least I have lots of doubt that this is the whole story. I can't think of any other rule in RRoP which says something is allowed, but has this purported subtext of "but still, don't do it", while not having any language at all to support the subtext.
Furthermore, as mentioned above, there is no similar rule saying that it's also OK to show only a single card and still win (or chop), even though that is pretty much exactly the same situation, with exactly the same intent to protect a noob player who doesn't know any better.
I agree with everyone, though - it's better if you're forced to show both to make any claim to the pot, even if playing the board. I am also ok with using rule 1 to give a single warning to a new player who perhaps doesn't realize this and is able to verbalize his claim to the pot in a reasonable way.