Chorny Awarded Controversial Pot
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Chorny limped in from middle position before a late position player raised it up to 800 to go. The blinds folded and suddenly the dealer dropped the deck, pushed the pot to the late position player and mucked his cards as Chorny was sitting there with live cards!
The floor was called over to make a ruling and the lead supervisor had to be called.
At this point Chorny said that he was happy to forfeit the pot but wanted his 300 chips back that he had put into the pot.
The table appeared to be satisfied with this arrangement but the lead supervisor ruled that you need live cards in order to receive the pot. It was ruled that the late position player would receive his 500-chip raise back, however the 300-chip call would stay in the pot which was then given to Chorny.
Everyone at the table disagreed with this ruling as it was dealer neglect which caused the problem in the first place.
However they were reminded that it is a player's responsibility to protect his cards at all times and unfortunately his ruling stood, much to the surprise of an apologetic Chorny.