Pot given to wrong player

[vanezza]

This game is run by the local fire company, it is very
informal most of the players know each other the dealers have no profesional training.

Last night was a small night we were playing 6 handed UTG decides to straddle, this is his first hand, folded around to the big blind who calls and we see a flop it comes 10 3 5 BB checks UTG bets 10 BB calls turn is another 10 BB fires 20 into the pot UTG goes all in for 86 more BB calls and shows 10 3 for the full house and UTG shows 10 4 and says Great I need a 4 river comes a 3 dealer pushes pot to BB, UTG says good game and leaves.

About 10 minutes later we are talking about the hand a player says that he really had to rub it in by hitting another 3 on the river. At this moment i realised what happened and asked the guy who won the pot if he was sure another 3 fell on the river he said yes everyone agreed and i tell them that the pot should have been split. they all agree after the fact. what if anything should be done when the loser of this pot comes back to play? Should he be told what happened, or just say well thats what you get for not reading your hand correctly?

[jjshabado]

I think that ideally the winner of the pot should set aside approximately half of that pot and have it given to the guy the next time he comes back. If that doesn't happen in a month or two let him have it.

However, if the winner doesn't agree to that I don't think he should be made to split the pot. In order to avoid problems I think there has to be a time limit to these things so that people can't come back 3 hours later and say "blah, blah, blah, give me the pot" and argue about what the board did or did not contain.

[youtalkfunny]

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I think there has to be a time limit to these things so that people can't come back 3 hours later and say "blah, blah, blah, give me the pot" and argue about what the board did or did not contain.

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There is such a time limit. The statute of limitations expires when the next shuffle begins.

[bav]

In a casino, they do set time limits (like the start of the next hand). In a home game, you can do what's right rather than what the letter of the rules might stipulate (and since it's a home game you don't have such written rules, I don't imagine).

[82Steve]

so, utg played exactly one hand of poker and then left? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[jjshabado]

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I think there has to be a time limit to these things so that people can't come back 3 hours later and say "blah, blah, blah, give me the pot" and argue about what the board did or did not contain.

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There is such a time limit. The statute of limitations expires when the next shuffle begins.

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Right, but in a friendly home game you might want to make it a little longer (I wouldn't though).

[Lottery Larry]

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I think that ideally the winner of the pot should set aside approximately half of that pot and have it given to the guy the next time he comes back. If that doesn't happen in a month or two let him have it.

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I'd let the walker know that half the pot is waiting for him, also. First-timers' exception to the general rule, or something.

[hustler730]

I believe if the player didnt know what he had, then he shouldnt have been playing at all. Once he leaves the table and cards go into the muck hand is dead.

[Al Mirpuri]

When the pot is collected the hand is over. A collected pot belongs to the person who collected whether he was awarded correctly or not. This rule appeared in print at least as earlier as 1950.

[springsteen87]

Tough luck, you should at least alert the player that lost about the situation. I do not think he deserves his money back, but it would certainly be a nice gesture to give him half.