Re: playing the 88822 board
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I'm not in this hand, but I found it humorous; and a good reminder lesson.
2 players left in the hand on the river. hispanic and older white haired lady. the dealer stacks the pot into two even piles. he bets, she raises, he calls. she turns over A2o (playing the board - she has eights full of deuces). he releases his cards face down toward the muck.
the dealer says "you're mucking your hand?" and takes it and pushes the pot to her. hispanic's friend tells him he's made a mistake. floor is called. floor upholds dealer.
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Dealer shouldn't be saying anything in this case. Just push the pot. Also, one player to a hand, so no other players should be saying anything. Same as when 4 or 5 of one suit hit the board and a dealer cannot/shouldn't say "who's got the highest <insert suit here>?"
Floor ruling was fine. Standard ruling is in order to claim any portion of the pot, even if you're playing the board, you must show both hole cards.
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