Champion of Poker

Hello,

I have something to ask about mucking.

The other day, I played holdem with some colleagues. After all the cards were on the board, there were only two players in, player A and player B. Player A went all in while player B called, however, on the muck pile flipped his cards face up.

Player B won against player A, but on the contrary, player A has taken home the pot as majority of the players at the table believed that player B folded and his cards touched the muck so he should not win.

Any comments?

Thanks!

Best regards,
Keith Yao
Keith,

Player B called Player A’s all-in. At that point, both hands must be flipped up and the hand played out. The fact that he flipped the hand up on the muck pile is irrelevant.

The only time a hand hitting the muck pile becomes dead is when someone folds a hand or folds a hand out of turn. If it touched the muck pile in that case, it is dead. If someone is showing their hand in an all in or showdown, it does not matter if the hand touches the muck.