[Rottersod]

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Actually there is a common ruling in the Midwest that all players should be aware of.

If your cards touch the muck, or just as bad, if they touch the flop (which in the Midwest is considered part of the muck), your hand can be declared dead.

I've seen this happen a number of times, when I still lived in the Cincinnati area, especially in a tourney.

Guy goes all in, and at showdown, throws his 2 cards on top of the flop.

His hand is then declared dead, pot awarded to the next best hand, and the if the guy who threw his hand down on the flop had less chips, he is then eliminated out of the tournament.

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And we wonder why "civvies" don't take poker seriously? Honestly, what is with casino's that believe that once you turn your cash into their chips that you are not playing for real money and they can make idiotic rulings that take away your money?