blitzenfish
Rock Star
Silver Level
I attended a local home game last night and an incident occurred that I didn't question because I didn't know the answer (and probably no one there did) and it is a game of regulars with a couple of new faces on occasion.
to the hand.... Blinds are 1-2, NLHE, 7 players
Preflop:
UTG open raises to 8. Next player folds. MP 3 bets to 22. Hijack, cutoff, and SB fold to BB, which is me. I look down at AQs and 4 bet to 50.
UTG calls 55 pretty quickly. MP snap announces all-in, about 225. He then gets up, leaves the table and walks about 20 feet away and starts chatting (by the bar) with a couple of the other players who folded earlier.
I'm tanking and then it hits me, he may have forfeited his hand by leaving the table before action is determined. I can't make a read on him if he's not at the table. I decide to fold and UTG calls him with a shorter stack and with a KJ. MP turns over QQ. The flop is AK3, turn 7, river 9.
UTG wins the pot with KK over QQ.
I was upset a bit that I would have won the hand with a hero call but what's really irking me is him leaving the table early and not coming back to it until I folded..... my question is did he abandon his hand and should the dealer have mucked him? Anyone know the rule on this?
to the hand.... Blinds are 1-2, NLHE, 7 players
Preflop:
UTG open raises to 8. Next player folds. MP 3 bets to 22. Hijack, cutoff, and SB fold to BB, which is me. I look down at AQs and 4 bet to 50.
UTG calls 55 pretty quickly. MP snap announces all-in, about 225. He then gets up, leaves the table and walks about 20 feet away and starts chatting (by the bar) with a couple of the other players who folded earlier.
I'm tanking and then it hits me, he may have forfeited his hand by leaving the table before action is determined. I can't make a read on him if he's not at the table. I decide to fold and UTG calls him with a shorter stack and with a KJ. MP turns over QQ. The flop is AK3, turn 7, river 9.
UTG wins the pot with KK over QQ.
I was upset a bit that I would have won the hand with a hero call but what's really irking me is him leaving the table early and not coming back to it until I folded..... my question is did he abandon his hand and should the dealer have mucked him? Anyone know the rule on this?