[Randy_Refeld]

I am a firm believer in letting the best hand win, but in this case i would rule your hand dead. If you are careless and lose a card because you were just showing the one that played and the dealer took your other card I would rule that a live hand in the interest of fairness. In the case you described it appears you want to make a claim for the pot and keep what you were trying to steal with a secret.

A good rule of thumb is an honest mistake is not going to cost someone a pot when it can be determined they had a winning hand. When someone shoots an angle and ends up with a fouled hand they are going to have the hand ruled dead to discourage angle shooting.