Life or Death

[SplawnDarts]

As s side note, if it were NL KCL we might reasonably assume the hand killed him. In which case it might be necessary to kill the hand in return as a matter of justice.

Assuming it's a capital punishment state, of course.

[OmahaGal]

I wonder if this would hold up in court?

[AKQJ10]

I'm not really surprised by that ruling, but I can't see how it's in the BIotG.

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I wonder if this would hold up in court?

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I think any other ruling wouldn't hold up in court. I also don't think the ruling is fair, but thats besides the point because its the most accurate option while remaining true to the rules of the game.

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[RR]

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I wonder if this would hold up in court?

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I think any other ruling wouldn't hold up in court. I also don't think the ruling is fair, but thats besides the point because its the most accurate option while remaining true to the rules of the game.

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I only know of one occasion that a player died while in a hand. His hand was declared dead. It was a trivial matter as it was a low limit game. The other occasions I know of someone dieing at the poker table they were not in a hand. I have been in the room when somebody has died, but I have never been at the table when someone died. I was on the floor when i was certain a player was dead because it was clear form the sound of his falling that he was unconcious and nothign broke his fall.

[RJT]

I’d say it should be ruled the same as if “time” is called. I am not familiar with the exact rules here - I assume once someone asks for the time clock to start and the player doesn’t make a decision in one minute (I assume it’s a minute) his hand is then ruled dead, right?

[Sevenfold]

This is like the NBA. If a players who is fouled cannot take the shots, the opposing team can pick anyone off the bench to come in to shoot the free throws.

In this case, the guy with 25K should be able to pick anyone in the room to come in to finish the hand.

He should pick a dealer, thus ensuring himself the max profit possible.

[AngusThermopyle]

His wife picks up the hand, gets a loan from the bank...

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Interesting side note - lets say the situation was different where the hero is playing a 100/200 NL game, he raises on the button for 15k with 50k behind him - the exact amount that he thinks the BB holds. BB sees the hero start to have a heart attack and pushes all in just before the button collapses - with 15,100 - exactly $100 more than the button raised (black chips play). Sucks to be the button eh?

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[beaver]

I wonder what hand he held ... and if the stress of the particular holding contributed to his heart attack? I know my heart has skipped a beat during some rather stressful decisions at the table.

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