Re: Why exactly is it bad etiquette to ask to see a losing showdown ha
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Did you catch the point of bav's post? The rule you cite is 100% standard when the pot isn't chopped.
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Yes I do get the point of it. But unless someone knows of some rule out there, his solution isnt the correct one even if it might be more fair. The dealer and the floor cant just make up a rule on the fly, they have to adhear to whatever the rules are.
Which to means only two possibilitys:
1) The guy that mucked his hand now has a live hand, and he wins the whole pot. (the second AK guy gets screwed, I understand that but it wont be the first time someone gets screwed...)
2) For whatever reason the subset of IWTSTH rule doesnt apply, the guy who mucked his hand doesnt win the pot, and the two AK's chop the pot.
If you pay one of the AK's, you have to pay the other one, I dont believe there is any rule that would allow anything else to happen. (even though one of them is a moron for invoking IWTSTH)
I doubt there are too many cases where the mucker doesnt end up with the pot, although it could of been avoided had the dealer taken his hand and put in the muck like I think he's supposed to.
It's bad enough we have dealers and floors that change the interpetion of the rules daily, without having them make up totally new ones on their own no matter how fair they are.
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