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Originally Posted by jjjou812
Psand, while i understand your logic, how is this any different from a player showing one card for a straight and mucking the other facedown and awarding the pot to the remaining player w 2 cards and a lower str8 (also happened in tournament w a new player, same night)?
The difference is that by rule, a non-all-in player is allowed to forfeit his hand and not show his card(s). But, again by rule, an all-in player cannot choose to forfeit his cards.
In a normal showdown, a dealer cannot and should not direct a player to table their hand if it isn't an all-in. They can with an all-in, as there are no options within the rules that allow a player to not show their hand. So they cannot legally kill their own hand once they have called an all-in
Verifying the deck, penalizing the non-showing the player, and chopping three ways sounds right.