Exposing a hole card after a hand

September 25, 2008 by lincolini.

2 players take a flop. A bets and B folds. A flashes his cards to the player who folded. He is at the other end of the table so most players (if not everyone) sees the card. The dealer follows his usual procedure and tables the hand making sure all players see exposed hand. At this point player A get very upset becuase he says he only showed one card to the table (he held one card in front of the other so the second was not visible).

 So my question is this: did the dealer make a mistake? It is his responsibility to ensure he knows what card was exposed? Should he ask the player in question what was shown, or what is the players own fault for not protecting his hand? Obviously no action can be taken to correct the mistake (if there was one) but what should happen in future when the dealer knows a player has shown part of his hand but does not know which card?

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