I have 3 cards
 

Playing in a usual friendly 20/40 game at the Borgata last Saturday night.


There's a bunch of folds and the Cutoff raises, button folds, sb folds, and I toss in four chips from the big blind to call.

I place a white chip on my two cards and the flop is dealt.

I check call the flop.

I bet the turn he calls.
I bet the river he calls.

I reach around my chips to grab my cards and somehow feel that there are now three cards in front of my chips all face down.

I say "wait! I'm not doing anything but I have three cards."

The dealer doesn't know what to do.

I say "I know what I'm supposed to have. I'm supposed to have K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]"

She calls the floor who looks a little dumbfounded.

Someone attests that I had scooped up all three only at showdown and that prior to the river the random card had been seperate from my two cards.

What is the ruling?

Re: I have 3 cards
 

I think your hand is dead.

Re: I have 3 cards
 

You have a dead hand. Either you were dealt three cards or you didn't protect your hand from having a card mucked into it.

Re: I have 3 cards
 

i dont get what happened. if you were absentminded enough to either
a) have 3 cards the whole time and not say anything or
b) grab an extra card from the muck

i dont think you deserve any portion of the pot.

if something else, then maybe

Re: I have 3 cards
 

I wish I could draw a diagram.

I had my two cards with a chip ontop of them in front of my chips.

There was a random other card to the left of my chipstack.

When I went to turn over my hand I grabbed the first card (assuming it was mine) and also grabbed my cards (looking for the second card).

Re: I have 3 cards
 

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I wish I could draw a diagram.

I had my two cards with a chip ontop of them in front of my chips.

There was a random other card to the left of my chipstack.

When I went to turn over my hand I grabbed the first card (assuming it was mine) and also grabbed my cards (looking for the second card).

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You need to be more careful what you grab. If there is just a random card laying there the dealer or floor can just take it and muck it. Once you grab it it is in with your cards.

Re: I have 3 cards
 

Tell the floor you thought we were playing crazy pineapple.

Re: I have 3 cards
 

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I think your hand is dead.

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Re: I have 3 cards
 

BTW, I need to play 20/40 if calling a preflop raise with K7s is standard.

Re: I have 3 cards
 

I'm afraid you're SOL. Once you have three cards, no matter how it happened, your hand is dead.