[Eric Lynch]

I had a question on a floor ruling in the WSOP Circuit event in Rincon in the $1k last week. I'm going to try and break down the action as best I can remember, and I'm curious what everyone thinks the proper ruling here would be.

9 handed in the $1k event, blinds are 100/200 big blind is in the 1 seat, I'm in the 3 seat. Seat 2 limps, I limp, seats 5-7 also limp (seats 4 and 8 folded). Seat 9 in the small blind then makes in 2100 more. Seat 1 (big blind), 2, and 3 (me) all fold. Then seat 6 folds out of turn. The dealer, while seats 5 and 7 still have cards, pushes the pot to the 9 seat and mucks his cards.

The floor is immediately called over (as it should have been) and the dealer explains the action to the floor. The 9 seat is protesting the fact that his hand was mucked, the dealer says he is unsure which cards belonged to the 9 seat, and the 9 seat's hand is declared dead.

What should be done at this point?? I'm honestly not sure. Before I say what the floor ruling was, just to make sure I've explained this right the key points still outstanding:

1) The 2100 chip raise from the 9 seat. His hand is declared dead as his hand was mucked and irretrievable. Does the 2100 stay in the pot or not?

2) There are only two remaining players with cards, seats 5 and 7, how do they proceed? Does it change anything if the 2100 stays in the pot or not?

FWIW I think the floor handled the overall situation pretty well, it was just one of the rare instances in a floor ruling where I really wasn't sure what the correct ruling should be, and I'm really still not.

-Rizen