How mucked is too mucked?

[CybrPunk]

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Cards that touch the muck in any way are dead and not retrievable. End of story.

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Don't you love when someone types "end of story" but is completely wrong?

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I can admit to being wrong here.

From Robert's Rules:

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2. Cards thrown into the muck may be ruled dead. However, a hand that is clearly identifiable may be retrieved at management’s discretion if doing so is in the best interest of the game. We will make an extra effort to rule a hand retrievable if it was folded as a result of false information given to the player.

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Based on the last line here I'd say the pot should be awarded to the player who accidentally mucked his hand.

I guess we learn something new everyday. And here I thought I was correct in my earlier post....

BTW, thanks for taking the time to slam me without posting the corrected info....