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It's the first time I've come close to thinking I may have seen house collusion in a Las Vegas cardroom

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I seriously doubt that's what it is. I imagine the player really did have two nines and the floor retrieved the correct cards. But yes, they could have flat-out cheated.

I don't think he shoulda done it at all, but if the floor is going to do this I really don't like the way he went about it exactly because it could have been rigged. The floor didn't use a procedure that left you feeling comfy that the right two cards came out (whether or not you like the idea of digging the cards out) and thus created an appearance of impropriety. Bad.