[bernie]

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Player A's cards are dead. Player B wins the hand.

A case could be made if he tossed his hand face up.

Some lessons cost some players a pot to learn.

b

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You are really wrong on this one bernie. There's no way b's angle shot takes the pot.

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I don't think so. It doesn't read that player B said his statement just so the other guy would toss his cards. Player A may not have even given him time to call. I see non-angle shooters say that line all the time just before they call. No one saw this guys hand until it was back out of the muck. Digging cards back out, even if only barely touching, isn't a good thing to start doing.

Some floors will make an exception if the guy can name his cards. That I can maybe buy into. But not just digging cards out of the muck and flipping them over.

Even so, protect your danm hand until the pot gets pushed. How tough is it to do that?

Here's a hand(I've posted it before)...

2 guys are left on the river, big pot. Player A tables his set of Qs. Player B excitedly stands up and tries to spike his hand in triumph. Well, one of his cards catches an edge and cartwheels off the table. Rule in the room is if your card touches the ground it's dead as is your hand. So the guys dead hand of a set of Ks loses. Pot goes to Player A.

b