Was the correct ruling made here?

[Randy_Refeld]

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About 10 minutes into the action, player goes to muck his cards, and one of them accidently flipped over and was exposed. There were still other players to act behind him. The poker room manager told him he got a penalty, and had to sit out for an entire round

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This is not a correct ruling. If you expose your cards before mucking them you MAY receive a penalty. In this case no penalty is in order (unless this was a repeat occurance that calls into question if it was an accident).

[m bozeman]

That's terrible. I felt really bad for the guy. I ended up finishing 5th, and he actually finished 4th. The hand he sat down to was an 8 2 offsuit, and he was against a J8. He flopped 2 pair, and stayed alive for a little bit.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

I agree, the penalty should only be assessed if it's obviously intentional, otherwise at most a warning should have been giving.

I feel that when you're the floor you should generally NOT be looking to hand out penalties in tournaments for petty bullcrap. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

al