Alcoholic gambling addicted lady accidentally gives me a pot

[chesspain]

When I saw the title to this post, I assumed it was going to be another stupid thread in regards to someone wanting to justify keeping a mistakingly awarded pot after a showdown. However, the fact that the old lush mucked her hand without showing makes the decision to keep the pot ridiculously simple.

And the dealer needs a good kick in the nuts.

[Nick-Zack]

This dealer would be on my [censored] list. He should not have looked at her hand, he should not have shown you her hand, he should not be telling a player to show a hand. The old drunk mucked a hand that should have been the end of this story.

[bpb]

Everyone has the option to let the cards speak by tabling their hand at the end. Anyone who declines that option and mistakenly mucks a winner deserves no sympathy.

[etgryphon]

Remember there are more rules to the game. You need to follow all the rules. Her hand was dead when it hit the muck. Like another poster said you advantage was not being drunk.

If you want to give her some money afterwards then you giving her money like you would give money to a homeless person or a charity. If thats what you want to do, fine.

You definately should not give it to her because she was *supposed* to win. She didn't table the winning hand...You did. You gave her every opportunity within the rules to claim the pot.

-Gryph

[CCx]

story would have been much better if title was:

"Alcoholic gambling addicted lady accidentally gives me pot"

[bernie]

Wtf was this dealer thinking?

What would I have done? I'd have told the dealer not to flash anyones hand to anyone unless they are asked to.

Then you stack your chips.

b

[Yads]

I'd keep it

[CrazyEyez]

Keep it, move to her right, and offer to buy her next drink.

I was pretty upset at the dealer, the only reason he grabbed her hand is because the way she was holding it, he could see it (I think he was so surprised she mucked that he lost it).

I dunno, I shrugged and took the pot. This actually happened a couple years ago, but I got into an argument with some friends about what I should have done. I said according to the rules, I keep the pot, they said I was being a dick, stealing from old drunk women.

[callydrias]

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I said according to the rules, I keep the pot, they said I was being a dick, stealing from old drunk women.

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Would this even be an issue if it had been an old, drunk man?