Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I always read that the reason for holding all five (except when there's a kicker potential) is to:

1. Avoid the error of holding a wrong card. It's simpler to just hold all five.

2. By holding all five there is less likelihood of a machine error dropping a card.

I never heard any rumor about 5oak.
I have. It's something the ap community has believed in because they never really thought all machines were 100% on the up and up. That ended when I wrote about going to the NGC with evidence of my 5th card flip over theory being true. From then on, I was the crazy guy and not them.