A crazy situation - What's the decision?

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Just out of curiosity, what would happen if he instead had too many cards? Say he forgot to muck his last hand and suddenly realizes that he now has 4 cards. I realize that his hand is dead no matter what, but what about the rest of the hands?

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This sort of thing depends on how much action we have before the mistake is discovered. If two or more players have already acted on their hands (this includes folds but doesn't include blinds) then there is significant action and the hand continues with the four card hand (or any fouled hand) declared dead.

~ Rick