Strangest Situation -- Your Ruling?

[2Tone]

There was some good discussion on this elsewhere - I think it has to be a dead hand. You rip up your cards, you forfeit the pot.

[Zybomb]

If he didnt rip the cards but instead slammed them on the table (face up) other players can certainly say what he has, as should the dealer (cards speak once tabled)... so i guess it depends if u think his hand was tabled... if not , you certainly shouldnt say anything.

Yea I posted this on 2+2 also... mixed response...pretty close call, I really don't know..

[Wes]

If playing live, just table your hand, especially if you flopped the nuts. Nothing is discovered by relieving your hand by doing so. You might be too inebriated to discover the winning hand, otherwise, it is one hand, no one is going to discover anything off of one hand.

[Kurn]

Could you link to it or give us the thread title and when you posted? (I assume it was in the B&M Forum)

[sjay2k]

Clearly dead hand (and perma-ban)

[Zybomb]

[Robbie Robb]

I agree with the majority here it seems - a dead hand. And yeah, a permaban. It was obvious his intention was to muck his hand in the most dramatic method possible. The least the house can do is honour his wishes.

[Talking Poker]

I agree with the dead hand and show him the door crowd.

I understand that the pieces of cards happened to be end up on the table face up, but IMO (I have nothing to back this up), ripping your cards up is equal to (worse than) mucking them. IMO, in order to table a hand, both cards must be placed face up, INTACT, on the table. Thus, I do not believe this hand was tabled.

Oh, and I'd laugh at the guy as he was being escorted out too.

[Akverno]

Thought about this for a while, I'd have to go with live hand (award the guy that ripped the cards the pot) and issue a ban (but probably not permanent, longest being a month).