Never Ending Story
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I'm not sure why, but, this year, I have witnessed more floors called than any other Series before, and if the tournament directors haven't been using the gym at their hotel, they should at least have calves of steel from all the floor space they've covered in the Pavillion Room.
On this occasion, we joined the debate prior to the T.D's arrival, the dealer telling a player: "If you stop staring at me, I'll explain it to you again, or we can get a floor over here. In fact, let's do that. Floor on 61!"
The stoppage on this occasion was a result of that forever greying area of showing cards at a showdown. "If a winning hand gets called," started the T.D.," and wants to see the other player's hand, it's a live hand and has to be shown. Whoever bets and calls, that player must show his hand."
"What if he mucks his cards?" inquired the player. "And they go into the muck?"
"If the cards go into the muck, and they are irretrievable, there's nothing we can do about it... Guys, we can do 'ifs' all day... If a winning hand is called, the player has the right to see the other player's hand. That's the bottom line."