Re: \"I Play the Board,\" I lose the pot, I miss a bet.
 

There no hostility intended. Once every few weeks someone wants to know if the winnign hand shoudl be declared dead so they can win the pot instead. The bottom line is if somebody puts their money and had the best hand they win. There are basically no exceptions to this, if the bets were equalized and you know someone has a better hand they win; anyone that asks the floor to award them the pot is at best a nit and at worse a thief.

Re: \"I Play the Board,\" I lose the pot, I miss a bet.
 

If the dealer is asked to see a hand by someone other than the person who is in the pot, they must first kill the hand, then show it. If it's still live, the dealer cannot turn it over, except if the person who is also in the pot asks, in which case the hand is live, and can still win the pot. But when a player folds a hand, it's a major error if the dealer turns it up while it's still live except as I have stated here.

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