Background: Monthly NLHE home game tourney; usually two tables; low stakes ($30 buy-in with no rebuys); great group of guys; mixed skill level; rules are written down and distributed to players at the beginning of each season; Rules state cards call themselves (ie. if you flip your cards over you win if you have the best hand even if you don’t realize you have the best hand).
Situation: Full table; two players see the flop; bets proceed on flop, turn, and river. Pot is pretty big with both players putting around 1/2 of their stack in the pot. After river bets, Player A turns over two pair. Player B turns over his cards on the table with disgust and says “take it down”. Almost immediately (1 or 2 seconds max) the table identifies that player B has a straight and should win the pot. If player B would have just flipped over his cards and not said anything then clearly per the house written rules he would have won the pot. Question is since he said “take it down” does this verbal action take precedence over the written rule. Note: Player A did NOT have time to start raking the pot.
Situation: Full table; two players see the flop; bets proceed on flop, turn, and river. Pot is pretty big with both players putting around 1/2 of their stack in the pot. After river bets, Player A turns over two pair. Player B turns over his cards on the table with disgust and says “take it down”. Almost immediately (1 or 2 seconds max) the table identifies that player B has a straight and should win the pot. If player B would have just flipped over his cards and not said anything then clearly per the house written rules he would have won the pot. Question is since he said “take it down” does this verbal action take precedence over the written rule. Note: Player A did NOT have time to start raking the pot.