You Got Me!!

[LloydFontillas]

This is a situation that I had to rule on during the Manny Paquiao World Poker Event 2011.

Heads up:

Player A raises pre-flop & Player B calls from the BB.
Flop comes Ac8c2d.
Player B checks and calls a bet from Player A.
Turn comes the 4h and both players check.
River comes the 6 of spades.
So, the board reads Ac 8c 2d 4h 6s.
Player B checks and then Player A makes a bet, that is about 1/4 of the pot.
Player B now tanks and finally calls.
Player A says "You got me!" and tables Kc7c for a King high, busted flush draw.
Player B, who is sitting in seat 1 semi flashes his hand to seat #2 and places his hand face down, on top of the muck.
As the dealer starts to push the pot, Player B picks up his hand, turns it over and tells the dealer "Hang on what are you doing? I got J8" for a pair of 8s.
Also, at the same time as Player B has picked up his hand, another player at the table commented "Wow king high won!"

What do you think the right ruling would be here? Oh and I did ask the players if anyone saw Player B table his hand and the majority reply was "No" along with the player in seat 2 saying "he flashed it to me so fast, I could not tell what his hand was", the rest of the players did not want to comment because of the 2 players involved in the ruling are very well known guys.

[aa769]

"Player B, who is sitting in seat 1 semi flashes his hand to seat #2 and places his hand face down, on top of the muck."

8s are dead, onto the next hand

[LloydFontillas]

"Player B, who is sitting in seat 1 semi flashes his hand to seat #2 and places his hand face down, on top of the muck."

8s are dead, onto the next hand

You are so right about this one. What made the decision so hard was, that the player involved is a pretty big player and well known tournament player (semi pro). I actually had to go to the cameras for this one to see if he tabled the hand or not because I do believe that the best hand should always win the pot. (It was really clear that the hand was not tabled and he did pull his hand from the muck as the dealer was pushing the pot to the other guy)

Although, I also believe that, as player should protect their hands at all times and never pass it into the muck (if they think they are winning) until the other hands get mucked and the pot is push to you.

[pswasianvn]

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