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i was dealing (and playing) at a poker tourney yesterday when 2 players went to the flop and i was gathering all folded hands. i accidently collected one active players cards and he pointed this out to me. i decided the best course of action was for him to whisper me his cards ( he is good player therefore can remember the suit(s)
) and he whispered AdQd ( which bore no relevence to the flop)and in the pile of folded cards AdQd were next to eachother. so i gave him them. everyone seemed happy with the way it was handled but i wasnt sure if it was the "correct" way. ruling plz?
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no it was not.
unfortunately, once the dealer mucks a hand, there is nothing that can be done to retrieve it. at the games i have dealt ... the mucked hand has his preflop bet returned to him. i've never seen it happen on later streets so i don't know what (if any) chips should be returned to the player.