Dealer mucks winning hand but shoves him the pot anyway

[MicroBob]

" Making it every players responsibility to ensure that the player who shows down the best hand is awarded the pot also prevents dealers from stealing pots from tourists and awarding them to pals."


good point.
also makes it less likely for sneaks to try to trick dealers into giving you the pot.
Some dealers are new or tired and obviously aren't going to be perfect.