[dbldwnblue]

and actually if the supposed winner of the hand asks to see a hand then the hand is to remain live. If the winner asks and your hand (which may have been misread by you) beats their hand then you are the winner. If anyone else ask, which as said before they do have the right to do, then the dealer would take the cards. Tap them on the muck face down "killing" the hand and turn them up and then immediately muck them again.

As for a dealer retrieving a hand that is already in the muck, even though they know which ones they are, I have been told this is wrong. The only one that can retrieve a dead hand is the floor. This is the case where I work. Is it the same elsewhere?