Re: Final table floor decision
[ QUOTE ]
1) Is that the number 1 rule in poker is to protect your hand, the player here failed to protect his hand. To the extent that his all-in bet may exceed the previous bets you return those chips and he is out of luck on the rest.
[/ QUOTE ]
Since our friendly psandman has taken up the fight here on all other issues, I will challenge this point: Protect your hand certainly is not the "number 1 rule in poker." To say so is dealer/floor hyperbole in order to shift the blame to the player for what is most frequently a dealer f**k up. That is why the rules as written (and as should be enforced) allow hands to be rescued from the muck whenever possible.
Discuss.
|