Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: TN
Posts: 883
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Actually, the rule as I understand it is to win the hand, you must show BOTH cards. In home games, it is a HUGE pet peeve of mine for someone to show only one card trying to hide information that has been paid for. That's exactly what the guy @ the game you described was trying to do and it cost him.
At my home game, I have a handful of rules posted and #1 is "When a hand reaches showdown, you must show BOTH cards to win the pot". I still have to remind players from time to time. When the dealer said he mucked in your example, he didn't necessarily mean that the card went into the muck pile per se, but that he simply didn't turn it over. Not turning your cards over counts as mucking it if you move it forward like chips @ showdown. I have heard of this situation happening before and the dealer didn't ask the player to turn it over - that's not his/her responsibility.
The moral of the story is that, YES, you absolutely need to turn over both cards @ showdown because it's the rule. Furthermore, you should never relinquish your cards until the hand has ended in a way that you agree with. I have heard of a player who was giving her WINNING cards face down because she thought everyone had folded, but the chips had not been pushed to her yet. The dealer ALMOST gave the chips to someone else who had said they folded but had kept their cards. Fortunately, it was resolved in her favor but it almost cost her. The main point for that is she should have kept her cards until the chips were given to her. So, show your cards when you're supposed to and don't give your cards away until you have the chips or are truly folding 
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