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TI dealers seemed a bit shocked that I thought it was an odd rule. I asked around a bit to verify it really was an official TI rule and there seemed absolutely no doubt about it. "The dealer is an extension of the muck--that's a Vegas standard" was one reply (something like that, anyway). Well I don't think it's a Vegas standard, but it apparently IS the rule at TI. And yes, I have heard the "extension of the muck" rule before, but I don't remember where, and no place I play regularly have I ever seen it invoked.