Never Did This Before

[Softrock]

30-60 at the Bellagio over the weekend - game is a pretty typical late night weekend game - several tourists playing weak-tight, several local/regulars, not a bad game. I'm second UTG, UTG folds, I look down and see A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and I raise. Two coldcallers from late position and both blinds call.

Flop is Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. I bet, the two coldcallers call and both blinds fold.

Turn is the Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]? Huh? I'm thinking uh oh the deck is fouled or maybe I misread my hand, but I go ahead and bet. Both of my opponents fold. Now, of course I have to look and I'm thinking "Am I going to say something if there is indeed two Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]?" To my surprise, when I relook at my cards I have A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. "What the heck?"

I can't remember the last time I've misread my hand but it's been at least a year I think. Like most of us, I have indeed misread hands but usually it's something like thinking I have A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] when it's actually A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or something like that. I still can't figure out how I managed to see the Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] instead of the 8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] - I'd almost swear my cards changed.

Anyway, I continue to chuckle at having "found" $300 that I would not have if I'd not made such a dumb mistake.

Two questions - first, anyone else ever made this misread? Second, and answer honestly, if there were two Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] how many of you just muck and take the pot versus turning up the cards and alerting the table to the bad deck?