Two Questions about Home Game Ettiquette (long)

[Lottery Larry]

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1) For instance, it is a common occurence that one of the first couple people out will accept the full-time dealer role. If - with a player's permission - the DEALER (who is out of the tourney) were to look at a player's mucked cards --- does that give other players a right to ask to see the hand under the 'show one show all' rule?

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Technically, no, show one show all doesn't apply if the dealer isn't playing.
However, allowing this is stupid. Make a rule against the dealer looking at cards, permission or no.



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2) And on this question I really need some actual guidance: Does a player have to be present at the table to play a hand. Meaning, can they look at their cards, step outside for a smoke, have the dealer basically shout out the flop and then mouth their actions through the window. Does the answer change if I'm merely standing five feet away from the table? How do casinos and proffesional tourneys handle this? How do you guys handle this in your home games?


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Casinos, you have to be at your seat pretty much to play the hand. Allowing this yelling over stuff in home games is generally a bad idea as well.