[snapdealer]

Each house has a differet rule but anytime the cards touch dead cards i.e the muck pile or the burn cards they are considered mucked unless they are retrievable (some houses I've worked only) but I can tell you this if I had to go through the trouble of mucking your cards they were not coming back out. I guess that is one of the reasons it pays to be nice to your dealer some might try for players they like. I personally never would if you didn't protect your cards in the muck they went. Next hand move on learn your lesson