Calling the wrong hand...

[cmillard]

Playing in a small home game, player A and player B reach the river and show cards. Player A says "I only have 6's and throws cards face up into the community cards and discards. Player B shows a pair of 7's and starts raking the pot, a third player notices that the pair of sixes actually make a straight....eventually the pot is divided with no one being happy. What would the right call be?

[midwestkc]

If the cards are in the muck, then the hand is dead. If they don't touch the muck, then I'd say the straight wins, but if your home game has a rule about such, then you would defer to it.

[Klepton]

cards speak - if he turns the cards up, no matter what happens to em, he has a right to win the pot.

[stabn]

The straight gets the chips.

[TexArcher]

We always say that the better hand wins the pot.

[TheBlueMonster]

post this in the "home games" section next time.