Here's some food for the thought before the weekend...
We had a similar discussion on another thread on how to deal with prematurely-dealt flops. Some interpret RROP strictly (anytime the flop is dealt prematurely, it must be redealt), and some would refuse to redeal the flop especially if the dealer did his job of announcing players, rapping & tapping, etc. I note that there was some reference of treating the dealer's rap & tap as one action, but I can't find this in the Rules, and I note that Substantial Action defines various actions explicitly now (ck, b, r, c, f) which of course do not include any dealer's actions.
Personally, I felt that there should be something in the Rules that puts an onus on a player to prevent irregularities from occurring, speak up without delay once e.g. he realizes that a flop/turn/river is about to be dealt when he hasn't taken his turn yet, or he realizes that the players/dealers are acting on misinformation regarding the amount of his bet, etc. He is in the best situation to prevent a problem from occurring. I thought that if there is any undue delay, he should lose his right to request any corrective action. Some have said that we can enforce this via Rule 1, but I would prefer something explicit.
Anyways, with these points in mind, I had to consider the following scenario:
Blinds are 100-200. The Big Blind has posted a 1000 chip. Action folds to the cutoff who raises to 600. Button calls. SB folds. Action is on BB who throws in another 100 chip. The dealer brings the bets and gives the BB a 500 chip for change. The dealer announces "3 players", does his rap & tap, and then deals out the flop -- 3 hearts. At this point, there is some discussion and the Floor is called.
The Floorperson is given the above explanation, except the Dealer also indicates that he thought he heard the BB say call, which is why he gave the BB change. The BB, however, indicates that he said "1100", and apparently at least one neighbouring player also heard him say "1100". The Floorperson asks the table where the 500 chip that was given as change is... the BB explains that he put it back in his stack when the Dealer tossed it to him "I did raise - I didn't know what the change was for, but I took it anyways because it was given to me". The Dealer's "error" in interpreting the raise as a call was not brought to the attention of the table until after the flop was dealt.
Your decision? Re-deal the flop or not?