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Originally Posted by QuadJ
I don't have the formal rules handy but most of these situations are actually pretty obvious. Least disturbance of play in a way that can't be exploited.
It isn't really a situation that can be exploited and it won't mess up play much so I don't think it matters much as long as the floor didn't mess the game up further.
If the cards had not been turned over they should be left in the muck and a new flop draw. As long as nobody has seen those cards nothing changes.
Once the As is flipped it matters a little if it was clear which two cards are the ones dealt for the flop. If it is clear then go ahead and use those two cards. If it isn't clear then declare the As dead and deal 3 new cards.
I wouldn't mind if the floor just declared the hand dead and everybody took their money back also. Least preferable option but not deep enough in the hand for it to really matter.
I´d prefer that too although it isn´t the best solution, but everything else only leads to idiotic argumentation from players who feel they are entitled to win something in this particular hand (90+% of population imo)
whatever the floor does, it should just make a strong ruling and not allow too much discussion about it. obviously there isn´t cheating going on, so it´s just an unfortunate situation, that´s it.
personall, I think the dealer should take all remaining cards including the player´s much, shuffle it and deal a new flop, but I´m pretty sure people would not stop arguing about that, especially if it leads to a big pot aka a big loss for someone.
Declaring the hand dead preflop and just give everyone their money back nobody would be too tilted imo.