{"data":{"id":"us-de/28-del.-c.-1545","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"28 Del. C. § 1545","heading":"Protection of hands.","body":"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.","path":["Title 28. Sports and Amusements","CHAPTER 15. Delaware Board Of Charitable Gaming","Subchapter VIII. Texas Hold’em"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title28/c015/sc08/index.html#1545","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:32Z","sha256":"7b15ec4cceba68fc1b2c111de7358696aea9d26070ebc38ede55af421cdfc461","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/28-del.-c.-1544","next":"us-de/28-del.-c.-1546"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}