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When I'm dealing, and a player at showdown tosses in the cards that way (one face-up, the other face-down), I don't want to muck a hand that was intended to be turned up. I'll hesitate a moment or two, to give the player the chance to retrieve the face-down card.

Anyone who thinks that my function is to look for opportunities to immediately muck face-down cards in an attempt to punish, does not understand my job at all (see: Jeffage).

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Exactly, I would rather make a mistake that results in the best hand winning, than make mistake that results in the best hand losing.

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If I'm not sure if it's a muck I'll hesitate a bit.
But if you hesitate too long it's almost
encouraging the player to reconsider his muck.
Then the dealer is flirting with the "one player to a hand" rule.

How about 6 players at showdown. A-high straight on board.
One player tables his hand, other players start mucking.
Do you stop them from mucking and split the pot 6 ways?


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The dealer sits there motionless for about 3 seconds. The woman then exclaims "oh goodness I have a straight!"

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Sounds to me like she didn't know she had a straight and was mucking.