Re: Home game ruling - was this guy a douche?
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So we have a situation where a player throws away his cards and makes a statement conceeding the pot. This action causes his opponent to believe he has won and he turns his hand face up. I believe that, in a cash game, Adolfs actions should be construed as a fold.
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As has already been mentioned, it can't possibly be a fold. He went all in and was called. There is no such legal "move" as "fold" at this point.
There is also no such legal "move" as "take it". It's not the players' responsibility to award pots to players. It's the dealers responsibility. Adolf could neither take nor give the pot even if he wanted to.
The only thing Adolf can do is muck. This is what you seem to be referring to as "throwing his cards away." That's the only thing up for debate. You can't really "throw your cards away" either, you can only "muck". Putting your cards face up and not in the muck pile does not sound like mucking to me.
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