A player is all in at final table, he has his hand on his 2 cards that are in front of him (protecting them), next 3 players fold, player 4 calls, dealer takes the 3 players cards (6 in total) AND ALSO 1 card from the player that is all in !!!, the player INSTANTLY says "you took my card !!!!!", but the distance from his 1 card to the 6 are so small, that the dealer gets the card in between the 6 cards), there is NO pending action, all other players except the 1 that called, have folded.
TD gets called, asks the player what card he have, the player instantly answer that the card the dealer took from his hands is Q of hearts, and the card he still has is Q of clubs.
TD finds that Q of hearts is among the 7 cards, and uses rule nr 1 (and secondary 13A and 65, but primarily rule 1) to rule that the hand is still alive
1: Floor Decisions
The best interest of the game and fairness are top priorities in decision-making. Unusual circumstances occasionally dictate that common-sense decisions in the interest of fairness take priority over technical rules. Floor decisions are final.
Please remember that the player had his hand on both cards, and the dealer pulls the one card from him - even the dealer has no explanation for why he did it - he was on autopilot and malfunctioned for a sec....
Is the ruling correct in this very unusually circumstance ?
Kind regards
Brian