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Originally Posted by badblood44
A scenario that came up in a home game - who wins this pot?
Three players are in the pot on the flop, pot size, board, and holdings are irrelevant.
Player A checks the flop.
Player B bets $40.
Player C calls $40.
Player A check-raises to $140.
Player B re-raises all in to about $500
Player C declares verbally "fold." Entire table bears witness.
Player A does not fold, but says, "I kind of wish I had folded the flop."
The dealer, thinking that player A said fold, clears the board, and takes BOTH player A's and player B's cards in that order.
The muck is washed and confusion ensues. Who wins what portion of the pot? Player C at this point is the only one with cards in front of him, but had most definitely verbally folded.
Dealer: 2 KITN.... maybe 3 for various bad dealing procedures.
Players A and B- KITN for not protecting cards and not stopping idiot dealer.
After that: Is this a cash game or tourney? I assume dealer is not the host or Players A-C
a) Has the deck been fouled? I'm assuming yes by "muck is washed" but want to be sure.
if not
b) Can the board be exactly recreated?
if so
c) Can the players cards be easily retrieved as identifiable? If mixed in the muck, this answer is NO even if the players both remembered their cards (unless you have 98% trust in their
d) Can A and B remember their cards exactly? Suits are wrong, hand is dead.
If all of the above allows the hand to be recreated properly, do so and $360 in action is the decision for Player A.
If, as I suspect, you cannot do this:
Player A's "I kinda wish" could mean anything and doesn't play. Pot goes back to $120.
Now, either
i) Player A and B split the $120
or
ii) Everyone gets their money back
Personally, I like
iii) Player A and B get money back, player C verbally folded and tough luck, the $40 from player C gets either put into the next pot or preferably, gets donated to charity
because the entire group may be too stupid to live
Last edited by Lottery Larry; 04-01-2008 at 11:32 PM.