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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1358046, member: 23910"] I'd have thought that was obvious - [B]you[/B] might be OCD about protecting your hand, not string betting, etc but not all of your opponents will be and pretty much every casino works on the basis that sometimes fairness has to take precedence over the technical rules. Dealers and floor people are the ones who decide when to apply fairness over the technical rules. If you're a stiff and your opponent (who [I]does[/I] tip) makes a borderline mistake, the dealer has a choice: apply the technical rules to benefit the stiff, or make a call in the interests of "fairness" to benefit the tipper? Say their unprotected hand gets mucked by accident but the cards can be clearly identified - do they get recovered from the muck or not? You've got no recourse against a "fairness" judgement and the cameras will only back the dealer - they'll show a borderline situation where the dealer decided to be fair rather than technical. [/QUOTE]