Not really typical post on here but want some opinion on a weird situation that arose. 4 handed with main villain in seat 7. Other two Villains in seat 8 and 9 and im in seat 1 kinda bocked by the Dealer on the button.

Point is, the action is that on the river, pot is approx $500 And Villain shoves his stack of $200 all in and other players fold. Action is on me on the button with an 8 high missed flush draw, cant possibly beat any hands but before i mucked. The V mucked himself thinking for some reason i wasn't in the hand... Here i am scooping a $700 pot with 8 high...

He was an amateur, how he handled his chips and play style so forth. Should i have offered him the pot? Half the pot? Maybe if i had a pair i wouldnt feel to bad as he couldve been bluffing, but 8 high doesnt even beat any bluffs so it feels weird scooping the 200+BB pot...

100% give him the pot. You know you weren't calling, and he was AI, so it's not like you might have bluff raised.

I agree with this. I mean yeah, if you're a rule stickler then you can take the pot since he mucked his hand, but pretty scummy move to scoop the pot IMO.

Agreed plus prob better in the LCP forum.

I treat others how i want myself to be treated, so i went to the atm and withdrew more cash to give him back the pot. As the house rules is i can't give the chips of my stack.

Talked to a reg who was on the table and he said i shouldve taken half the pot, to teach the amateur a lesson. Still would feel bad taking any money with 8 high having no intention of calling. Yet it's not against the rule if i was to scoop?

Give the pot to the guy who won it. You didn't win anything. He bet all-in. Why even thinking about half pot? Is the other half belongs to you?

Yo, man ..., this is disgusting ..

I had a similar situation last month where guy shoves $50 pre in seat 9, I call in seat 1 and he mucks thinking everyone folded. And his $50 was handed over to me. Should I have given it back to him?

WP, OP

That lesson would be "don't play poker, they are all money-hungry jerks. "

Depends how floor rules, and that definitely is a question for the Live Casino Poker forum, not this one. You can start another thread there if you want to, but it will just say the above.

Now Ima lock this up before it starts attracting trolls.