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Message: [QUOTE="Scoville16m, post: 1358619, member: 63493"] [SIZE=3]Okay, finally found my copy of Cooke’s Rules of poker and the answer to my question, although Grossberger pretty much his the nail on the head although I'm not sure who's rules he was quoting. Here goes Cook's Rules on the scenario I brought forth . . . [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]COOKE’S RULES OF REAL POKER - 11.03 SHOW ALL CARDS[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]All cards in a player’s hand must be shown face-up on the table to be awarded any part of the pot. Note that an exception to this rule may exist in Texas Hold’em, depending on which rule the house uses relative to playing the board.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]COOKE’S RULES OF REAL POKER - 6.05 TEXAS HOLD’EM[/SIZE] [SIZE=3] When Hold’em is referred to without further qualification, it generally means Texas Hold’em, the most popular and widely spread form of the game. The game is never played for low in public cardrooms and rarely played high-low split. In Texas Hold’em, all the previous rules relating to community card games apply. A player receives exactly tow hole cards on the initial deal to play with the five cards on the board in making his best possible five card hand. A player may use zero, one or tow cards from his hand together with any combination of cards from the board to make his best possible five card hand. If a player uses zero cards from his hand and instead uses all five cards on the board, he is said to be playing the board. A player who wishes to play the board at showdown must declare this intention, and turn his two private hole cards face-up on the table. A player who throws his hand away without showing it forfeits his interest in the pot if the cards hit the muck without being turned over. As on other poker situations, both cards must be shown at the showdown to be awarded a pot or part of a pot. This ensures that a player has the proper number of cards in his hand and that there are no irregularities that would void the hand. It also avoids disputes as to whether a hand is eligible to win the pot and whether a player had in fact folded before the last betting round. (ALTERNATE RULE: A player may discard his hand face down after announcing his intention to play the board. A problem with this rule is that if a player announces his intention softly or forgets to announce it a dispute may arise as to whether he is eligible for a share of the pot.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Regardless of which rule you use, the player in my initial scenario failed to announce that they were playing the board and the dealer made the right call. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]God I hate being wrong . . . [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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