Re: ethics - do you point this out?
I can't believe what I'm hearing!
You should point it out at a friendly home game because he's your friend or because he might figure it out later and be upset with you. But otherwise, it is OK to take the pot if the person is not your friend or if you're in a real card room?
These sound like nice rationalizations for poor behavior but they are certainly not ethical justifications for it. Not pointing this out is the same as stealing and therefore is almost never ethically justified. The case presented here is a slam dunk. There is no ethical dilemma here.
I don't know the original poster personally but I get the impression that he already knew the answer to his question and I hope that he is only looking for validation that he did the right thing. But it could be that he did the wrong thing and is now looking for help rationalizing his poor behavior.
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