Re: Mucking hand at showdown
First off, everybody gets a kick in the nuts.
Ask p1 who gets the pot if p2 doesn't show. He'll probalby say it's split or people get their bets back or something. Then ask him what happens if, on the flop, one player bets and the other folds. Does the bettor have to show to win? What if someone just decides to fold to no bet. Does the remaining player have to show to win?
Last remaining live hand wins the pot, period.
However, who gives a crap? Show your hand, move on. This isn't television, nobody is studying your master play, get over yourselves. While p2 doesn't need to show to claim the pot, the house may honor "I Want To See That Hand", in which case p2 would have to show, since there was a showdown. Of course, this particular case goes completely against the intention of IWTSTH to an absurd degree, and I personally don't feel IWTSTH should be in any home game.
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