07- 3-06, LearnTexasHoldem:

Protect Your Hand At All Times

Question: This is probably a strange query but it is just something that I need verified.

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Only two players remain in a live game of Texas Hold-em: the dealer who has KK as hole cards and the Big Blind who has QJ. The flop is A J 10. The turn is 7. The river is 3. It is the Big Blind to bet and he bets 10k. The Dealer calls the bet at which stage the Big Blind declares an A high straight. At this declaration the Dealer throws in his pair KK with no-one seeing them but when the Big Blind actually shows his hand he has made a mistake and only has JJ.

Who actually wins this hand as the Dealer only discarded his cards because the Big Blind called a hand that he actually did not have?

Are there any other rules which could apply to any similar circumstances?

Regards

Pat

Answer:

The guy with the KK loses. It is each players responsibility to protect their own hand at all times. Hold'em isn't a game where a player has to declare their hand (it has no significance), so when he mucked his KK cards, they were dead. This happens often actually, not so much people calling out the wrong hand, but misreading their own cards -- especially with one card flush hands -- so make sure you hold on to your cards until the dealer pushes you the pot. It is the dealer's job to evaluate the hands in order and push the pot to the winner, but that doesn't mean that you have any recourse if your hand gets folded too early.

To prevent players from constantly screwing with the game, there is a rule about using angles. An angle is some sort of manipulation of the rules to benefit the player. In this example it was an accident. If the player was to continue to call out the wrong hand, or act out of turn then take his bet back, etc then he could be penalized.

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