Help -- I have NEVER seen this happen before.

[pudley4]

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I think that this is being blown out of proportion. I would think that most of you 2+2'ers would know that if the dealer truly made the mistake, then the real winning hand would be a set of queens. Just because he awarded the pot doesn't mean it's over. What if a dealer misreads a hand and awards it incorrectly? Do you know how much of a problem this would cause? I understand that the floor and dealer weren't very amicable about it but you have to understand. The dealer does this every day is constantly correcting mistakes. I love the John Juanda approach to this scenario... If you weren't meant to win, well... too bad.

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I don't think you understand the problem.

1 - The dealer should never try to fix a situation like this on his own. Ever, ever, ever. That's what the floor is there for.

2 - There was no explanation by the dealer as to what he was doing or how he was determining which cards were which. For all the OP knew, the dealer and other player were in on it, and the dealer saw a Q in the muck, and claimed the board was incorrect so he could replace the correct card with the Q.

3 - When you ask the dealer to call the floor, the dealer should call the floor immediately. It's not the dealer's job to decide whether your request is valid or not.

If the dealer had stopped, left everything as it was, called the floor, explained exactly what had happened, been able to identify exactly which cards were supposed to be where, and the floor agreed with the explanation, and then replaced the river with the "correct" Q, only then would the situation have been handled correctly. The result is unimportant in determining correctness - it's all about the process.