[JoshuaD]

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I would do what you did. In this case, both the player, the dealer, PLUS all the other players that saw the hand are Suckers. Ethical poker is for babies, this guy cheated himself out of the money by being stupid. If I was stupid enough to have overlooked something like that (and I have been in the not too distant past), I would hope someone would take my money (and they wisely did - a home game about two years ago...taught me a lesson).

Should I be a little more forgiving? No.
Don't play a game unless you know the rules.

I wouldn't feel any different than I feel when a Donk calls my flop, turn and river CR's with bottom pair. Don't feel bad...poker is basically lying people out of their money....don't go all soft on us.

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It's cheating. It's just like getting away with holding a card off. You intentionally broke the rules to cheat someone else out of their money.