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In a tournament a player went all in. Stated I am going to throw this away and walked 10 feet to the trash can and came back. The other player stated hand abandonment his hand is dead. As the "house" I ruled his hand is live and he wins the pot.

I have seen in the WSOP players all-in walk all over and no one has an issue. So was I correct? What is hand abandonment?

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"A hand may be considered and mucked if player is not at his seat" - WSOP rules. This is hand abandonment. "At his seat" is defined as touching or in reach of one's seat. However, this rule only applies in a situation where your hand can be mucked.

It is not possible to fold when you are all-in for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is it would make collusion quite easy and there is never a reason to fold all-in. Due to this rule, a player cannot abandon his all-in hand as they do not have the option to fold. You were correct. Good job!

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  • 100% correct. Hand cannot be dead if a player's tournament life is at risk. +1
    – Grinch91
    Aug 20, 2016 at 11:09

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