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Originally Posted by Albino Lord
OK, in your scenario everyone folds to player B, all other cards are mucked & irretrievable. Pot has not been pushed yet. If B (only person with cards) doesn't show their hand, what would happen? Does the house keep the pot?
Where I play, B definitely would not get the pot, (were it actually at showdown, and not if people folded before it went check/check) if for some reason he absolutely refused to show (though why anyone would do that is sort of beyond my imagination). Since it has never made it to that point, I can only speculate on what would happen to the money. My guess would be the pot would carry over to the next deal, such as under the irregularities section of RROP:
"If there is extra money in the pot on a deal as a result of forfeited money from the previous deal (as per rule #5), or some similar reason, only a player dealt in on the previous deal is entitled to a hand."
The rule #5 doesn't apply, that deals with a guy betting knowing that the deck is fouled; but I would think a guy refusing to claim the pot per house rules would fall under "or some similar reason"
edit: We do every now and then get a guy who refuses to believe the dealer when he tells him he has to show. So he calls the floor, and refuses to believe the floor. Then the floor says "if you don't show your cards now, you forfeit the pot" and he shows. Never seen anyone stick to their principles enough to say "**** it, you keep the pot, I'm not showing!"