S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:16:29
A fouled hand is a hand that either has an improper number of cards, unless the player is short a card and due to get the top card of the deck, or has a card that has come into contact with discards. If a player has a fouled hand by having too many cards, that hand is dead and cannot win any part of the pot. Except for games of low draw and high-low split draw, a player may play with too few cards as long as the player can make a hand.
If a player discovers that the hand is fouled, the player cannot recover any chips the player placed into the pot unless a misdeal can be called. If a player with a fouled hand makes a bet or raise and the next player has not yet acted, the next player may call attention to the fact that the hand is fouled. The dealer must return the player's bet to the player with the fouled hand and betting may resume.
No player may deliberately foul a hand to recover a bet or make an attempt to win the pot by betting or raising after the player has discovered that the player's hand is fouled. If the dealer determines that a player has intentionally bet a fouled hand, the dealer must rule that the player's chips remain in the pot.
S.D. Admin. R. 20:18:16:29
General Authority: SDCL 42-7B-7.
Law Implemented: SDCL 42-7B-1, 42-7B-2, 42-7B-3, 42-7B-4, 42-7B-7, 42-7B-14, 42-7B-15.