My first live tournament!

[Kurn]

DO NOT toss in your cards until the dealer passes you the pot, even if you think everyone else has folded.

At the PCA I played a sit and go with a guy who was eliminated because he thought everybody had folded to his all-in and mucked his cards because he thought the dealer was getting ready to push the pot to him.

Here's how i remember the story (I repeat it as I heard it, I did not see it). Guy is in the CO in the 9 seat. Folded to him and he pushes all-in. Guy in the 1 seat says "call", the dealer hears him, but the 9 seat doesn't. The blinds both fold immediately and the dealer starts pulling in their cards and chips. The 9 seat can't see the 1 seat's cards and thinks they all folded and tosses his cards in the muck.

Long story short. The floor was called and it was ruled a fold and since the 1 seat had him covered, he was out. They never even dealt the board.

Protect your cards, protect your cards, protect your cards. And hold them until the pot is in your hands.