How's this for a house rule??

I'm not sure you can say this ruling is correct. I've been called to rule in this situation and if players not involved in the hand can verify that they saw the winning hand face up on the table then that player is getting the pot. I don't care whose cards are mucked, it is the casino's job to see that the pot gets pushed to the winning hand.

Cards speak and everyone at the table is jointly responsible to see that pots are correctly awarded.

[Georgia Avenue]

Somewhat of a bad beat but it just belabors the obvious: make sure, with a winning hand, to scream PAS THE SUGA! as loud as possible as you leap around the room doing some sort of interpretive dance based on the strength of the hand...

like in this case he could have started yelping Boat! BOAT BABY! OOOOOOO-GAH! (foghorn noises) and flapping his arms like a sail. Standard.

[Sparks]

This decision is so outrageously wrong, that it's actually hard to believe.

Once a winning hand is tabled face up, that player must get the pot. With that retarded ruling by the floorman, the player should immediately appeal to the manager and go as far as he must to have the house review the tape, determine the size of the pot, and award it correctly.

Your friend screwed himself by giving up so easily, if in fact he had the winning hand.

Sparks