hi guys, i was in a pub tourny last night and i think an unfair ruling was made against me during a hand. Chip counts/blinds don't really matter but it was between the 2 chip leaders, rob and me (he had me covered by about 1000 chips)
rob was introduced as new to the game but i later found out he regularly visits casinos to play.
scenario :- pub tourny 10 players, 5 left. Play for points (small kitty between top 3)
SB - rob
BB - me
all fold to rob, he makes up and i check
FLOP - rob checks, i bet 1/2 pot, rob calls
TURN - rob checks, i bet the pot, rob calls
by now we both getting short stacked, but still enough to continue playing.
RIVER - within a second rob throws his cards into the community cards face up, i see i'm beat (he paired the board with 2nd bottom pair on the turn)
so i assume he's mucked and start gathering the pot then a voice pipes up "hang on it's tex to bet" so rob grabs his cards back from the middle and puts them back in front of him (no line on the table)
i then say to the table that he played out of turn and threw his cards so i win. then the DEBATE started :-
"he didn't say fold"
"you can still bet"
"you haven't showed to prove you won"
rob stayed quiet throughout the DEBATE
we call over the TD (pub landlord) and he says he 'thinks' he saw something like this in a casino and robs hand is live because it hadn't touched the mucked cards.
rob then says "oh well i'll check" He has more chips than me, but being a bit peeved and thinking he wont call with 2nd bottom pair i go all in.
amid comments of "he's bluffing" "you've got more than him" "you need points" etc, rob calls and i'm out.
was that the correct ruling or were the short stacks trying to climb up the ladder.
i'm over it now but i know if i used that tactic i would be severly frowned upon as me and missus usually take their money off them.
It's not a big game but classic pub players - limp limp limp limp limp RAISE call call call call call
your views/opinions would be greatly appreciated as i would like to know the exact ruling on this, i know rules differ but surely this must be a black/white situation