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Message: [QUOTE="dsvw56, post: 1409190, member: 40873"] Have you ever been in a card room with multiple tables being played? There's dozens or hundreds of conversations going on, people at all tables saying all-in, call, raise, and fold. It's not always possible to tell exactly what is being said, or even what table it's coming from. Rules are there for a reason. This is why the "Each player is responsible for protecting their own cards" rule is employed. "Guard each hand with their life"? Seriously? How hard is it to keep your hand on your cards, or put something on top of them. It's simple, if your hand is on your cards, or you have a card protector, the dealer won't touch them. In all my years of playing live poker, I've never had a dealer try to scoop a hand that I didn't fold. I've seen it happen to other people, and I have no pity for them when they lose whatever they had invested. They should have read and understood the rules before sitting down. And yes, this rule will be clearly listed, usually on a large poster near the sign-up desk (and sometimes posted multiple times around the room) at every card room you go to. Dealers are only human and they do make mistakes. This rule is designed to stop mistakes from happening. Is the punishment sometimes unfair? Yes. Is the rule sometimes bent to enforce the spirit of the law rather than the letter? Yes. Is it unfair to punish everyone else at the table because one player was unable to follow the rule (Either through delay from having to deliberate, or having someone not being awarded chips that were, by rule, theirs)? Yes. Is this a hard rule to follow or an unfair rule? No. [/QUOTE]

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