Obscure question

[AceLosesKing]

What's this fair play rule?

[rcon]

What's this fair play rule?

exactly. There are rules, and there is etiquette, but there is no such thing as fair play.

[maccatak11]

I still don't even understand the question

[Brett Kay]

What's this fair play rule?

Could be spirit or interests of the game.

[JMACK007]

What's this fair play rule?

I think Harps is referring to the grey area that allows the TD to make a decision in the best interest's of the game.....

[rcon]

A TD can make a ruling, but I always thought that was based on intent (either of the player hiding cards, or moving chips/cards). Pretty sure "fair" wasn't one of the things they took into account. Happy to be corrected.

[JMACK007]

So if you were the TD, would you award the entire bet to the guy hiding his cards, or just the min blind amount??

I have seen this scenario a number of times, and usually the player mucking only has to hand over the blind amount (depending on what the other player has actually done before the cards were mucked....)

[Caleb]

So if you were the TD, would you award the ientire bet to the guy hiding his cards, or just the min blind amount??

I have seen this scenario a number of times, and usually the player mucking only has to hand over the blind amount (depending on what the other player has actually done before the cards were mucked....)

Just to clarify, you mean the call amount right, not the blind amount? What you're saying could be misconstrued in a post-flop situation or a situation with a raise already.

[JMACK007]

So if you were the TD, would you award the entire bet to the guy hiding his cards, or just the min blind amount??

I have seen this scenario a number of times, and usually the player mucking only has to hand over the blind amount (depending on what the other player has actually done before the cards were mucked....)

Just to clarify, you mean the call amount right, not the blind amount? What you're saying could be misconstrued in a post-flop situation or a situation with a raise already.

Yes mate, the minimum amount that the mucking player is in for, i.e., if no one has raised before them, then it is the blind amount. Please let me know if this is wrong??

[Caleb]

Correct.

But in a post flop situation with no previous bet they would take their whole bet back and lose the rest of the pot. Saying they lose the blind amount would infer that they were receive a chip penalty or something like that.