[Sparks]

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Dealer then turns to me. I think for a moment [snip]...and I may not have the odds to peel here. So I fold. After my cards are in the muck, the LAGgy guy in MP decides to object to the bet in the first place.

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I know of at least two other So Cal casinos where the rule enforced is that action by two or more players after a mistake locks in that mistake.

Is it possible the floorman at HP made his decision because only you had acted behind the hand-waver-dude? That is, only a single person had acted making the wave/bet action still fixable. And unfortunately at that point your hand is dead since it is in the muck.

Sparks