[Junny]

This reminds me of a hand in a home game long time ago. There were four hearts (I think) on the board, and after the river betting was over, one player said "Kings" and flipped over two Kings, of which one was a heart.One player thought that because he said "Kings" and not "A flush", he shouldn't be awarded the pot. For some stupid reason I agreed to this, but we decided that he should have the pot anyway because it's a home game.I don't know how I believed he wasn't entitled to the pot just because he said "Kings". It's just a small situation in a home game, but I always wondered just how I agreed that he made a mistake by announcing "Kings".I mean, if you followed that stupid approach, it would mean that saying "I got the Ace", with the Ah, on a heart board could mean you mistakenly announced you only had Ace high. Or saying "I got nothing" as a joke would mean you hand over the pot.It's kinda similar to this situation, and you could apply it here.As to whether the ruling should be enforced taking into account the pub/social nature of the tournament, I tend to agree with Jonno. Even in a home game my friends and I would try to follow the rules in a way that would be logical and fair, not because we really care about the small money we play for, but because we're playing poker.