§ Â 1545. Protection of hands.
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Delaware Code › Title 28 › Chapter 15 › Subchapter VIII › Section 1545
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A player shall protect a held hand by holding onto it above the table or by placing 1 or more chips on it. A protected hand may not be ruled dead by accidental contact with discards unless it is impossible to reconstruct completely. A player who has a protected hand taken in by the dealer or fouled by discards through no fault of the player is entitled to a refund of all of the chips the player put in the pot in that game.
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