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Originally Posted by Didace
Where did you come up with this?
I wasn't trying to be revolutionary, there have been a few threads where the discussion included the concept that a Player can't Fold at Showdown since they aren't facing action .. but they can attempt to Muck their holding. Similarly to Square v Rhombus, folks have been using the terms interchangeably, but there must be a difference, yes? It appears so, but not in favor of my eloquently supplied verbiage.
... A quick use of the search tool within Robert's shows that the only place 'Muck' is used to describe cards (not 'the' pile of discards) is in draw games when a player sets card(s) aside to alert the Dealer of how many they want to draw. Those are 'discarded' or Mucked in a poker sense and are pulled into the Muck pile by the Dealer.
In fact, within IWTSTH Robert's uses the word 'folded' to describe the hand that is to be exposed. So I was barking up the wrong tree ... (man, 15 minutes goes by fast)
So let's continue with:
1) A folded hand that's not retrievable .. facing action or out of turn
2) A folded hand that IS retrievable .. at Showdown
I, obviously, still want to go with my suggested different terms but the Rules don't allow for it at this time.
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Originally Posted by Black Aces 518
I would expect that in the huge majority of rooms if someone bets, and in response to that bet you throw your cards forward face-down, and then attempt to retrieve them and call that you will not be able to do so.
The only way to get your cards back (and then make another action) Pre-Showdown would be through some gross misunderstanding ... And I really don't think that would fly very often. Like if you completely misunderstood the amount of the bet or some other 'misinformation'. There's basically zero chance of this happening if a player acts behind you as well. GL