It's heads up and one player says the other said all in-ruling?

[otter]

I have no clue where to post this, but have wondered for a few days what the correct ruling would be...

I was at a tournament hosted by some friends. 3 of them host one every month and have done so for at least 2 years. Everyone deals their own cards when the dealer button is in front of them and it's pretty informal

It was down to heads up and none of the organizers were at the final table. Everyone was in the side game. I overheard a person say, "Call." At the same time the chip leader was looking the other way, moving her mass of chips closer to her (they were on her left and she was putting them in a pile near her-probably should have been colored up). She said, "What are you doing? Why did you turn your cards over?" She was genuinely surprised. He says, "You said all in." She says that she said nothing of the sort!

How do you rule?

[otter]

right forum?

[illini43]

Try "Home Poker" forum.

[Cornell Fiji]

No witnesses = nothing you can do about it.

The player with the exposed cards takes back his 'call' and it is the girl's turn to act.

If the girl was shooting an angle then the only solution is that the deceived player is free to tell people she is a cheat (although such an accusation should never be taken lightly) but since no one knows if she said all in or not there is nothing the organizers of the game should do as she deserves the benefit of the doubt.

[otter]

That sounds about right. Unfortunately they decided to give the person who exposed his cards half of the amount of chips he had instead of full double up.