[psandman]

In a good cardroom there is no rule that merely touching your cards kills them. In a good room, if someone tosses there cards in and they touch your cards but there is no uncertainty as to which cards are which then your hand should not be dead. However if it is not clear which cards were your and which cards weren't (to the dealer and other players) then your hand should be dead. However I saw a very knowledgable floor person come over once and ask each player to whisper there cards to him, he then looked at the cards and gave the hand back to the player. This would be difficult to do in a home game without arousing some degree of suspicion so I wouldn't try it in a home game.