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Roberts rules say "if one or two cards are missing from the deck does not invalidate the hand"
which I was suprised to read after looking it up

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I was surprised as well (obviously). I thought I knew da rule.

I've told my tale in person to a couple floor people and about 6 dealers. Not a one knew that the results from a 51-card deck stand. To a person, they all said that the bets should have all been backed out. So it's a pretty obscure rule which doesn't come up very often.

But ya gotta agree with Randy's rationalization for the results from 51 cards standing. It's too easy for a player to stuff a card under the rail or otherwise dispose of a card and then use that a few minutes later if he's about to lose a big pot.

I remain ok with losing that pot, but annoyed with how the floor and mostly the casino manager handled it. But my annoyance with said people isn't an issue for Gaming. I'll forgive the floor--he's young and new and will get better, and he was apologetic about it all after we read the rule book and thought we had proof he'd goofed. Casino manager is old and experienced and should know better.