Pot given to wrong player

[jjshabado]

I think that ideally the winner of the pot should set aside approximately half of that pot and have it given to the guy the next time he comes back. If that doesn't happen in a month or two let him have it.

However, if the winner doesn't agree to that I don't think he should be made to split the pot. In order to avoid problems I think there has to be a time limit to these things so that people can't come back 3 hours later and say "blah, blah, blah, give me the pot" and argue about what the board did or did not contain.