Hi Guys,
Thanks for the feedback. Admittedly, a very bizarre situation. Small buy-in tournament, many inexperienced players. With all hands technically mucked and or dead, and the small possibility of chip dumping I considered simply removing the pots' chips from play, as you would when someone is DQ'D. But, in the interest of fairness, what do you think about splitting the pot among the three remaining players and then giving all involved a verbal warning about proper play with official penalties for future infractions? Once again, thanks for the feedback.
P.S. #1: To GreggPath--I wanted to know what happens to the pot?
P.S.: #2 : To Nick C--Player C returned a few hands later.
P.S.: #3: To BillM16--Organized event.
P.S.: # 4--To Dave Miller--I love your "superstitions quote".