Mike,
Thanks for your reply. I would respectfully disagree. A misdeal would override all bets. I actually believe it would be easier to hold the "blind bettors" to the same action on the redeal. I don't understand how the blind action especially in turn, can be ignored. What about the players that fold, or are induced to fold by a bet in front of them? I just don't like the idea of allowing these characters the chance to withdraw their deliberate action. We need to think this one out a little more. Whats wrong with allowing the action to continue and the "skipped" player can only fold or call? That's the way it used to be, at least that's the way we used to handle that situation.
What constitutes a "blind bet"? Not much different than a straddle, is it? If I don't look at my cards, and act on my hand, in turn...is that a blind bet? Or will we come up with a rule that will not allow any action at all, until the last card is dealt to the button?
To answer another important question. When a player is skipped, the way it was described in the original post, without betting blind...do we continue as I suggested, or do you back up the bet to the proper bettor?