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The Hitman:
Hello,

I have an interesting case:
MTT full ring, UTG folds, UTG+1 call, UTG+2 folds, MP raises and before Hi-jack talks, player on SB announces that he has only one card.

I talked with several persons and had different opinions on what to do:
1. give a second card.
2. Burn the hand
3. let the player continue the hand with one card

What do you think?

Thanks!

Nick C:
dogzy,
 A quick response from someone who is not versed on all the abbreviations. Two players acted after the blinds, so substantial action is valid. The small blind player should have brought attention to the dealer mistake sooner. I would call the SB hand dead and allow the hand to play-out between the remaining players. Giving another card in that situation would only bring up other issues as far as "proper card." That's interesting but, what else can you do.
 
That's what I would do.

chet:
Nick:

UTG = Under The Gun, ie., 1st player to the left of the BB
UTG+1 = 2nd player to the left of the BB, etc., etc.
MP = Middle position player

Dogzy:

I agree with Nick that the proper way to resolve this is to declare the SB hand dead.  It is his responsibility to bring the fact that he has a problem to the attention of the dealer BEFORE there is any substantial action.   Also, I believe that the only game in which a player can continue with less than the proper number of hole cards is STUD.

Hope this helps!

Stuart Murray:
agreed with Nick and Chet, the only outcome is the SB's hand is dead, as substantial action has occurred before the discrepancy was raised.  At the moment substantial action is considered to occur when 2 players after the BB have acted on their hand, this even includes UTG and UTG+1 just folding their hands.

If for example UTG passes/calls/raises and before UTG+1 acts the SB draws attention to the anomaly the hand is a misdeal, the only player that can receive a card off the top of the deck is the button if they only have one card and draw attention to it in the correct time scale, or in the case of an exposed card, who is receiving the first burn card in replacement.

Best Regards
Stuart

The Hitman:
Thanks to everybody!

Sorry Nick for the abreviations!  ;)

It seems I'm not so bad, cause i would have answerered that the SB hand is head. In my opinion, players must pay attention to the game, if they don't, it's not possible to correct their mistakes....

Best regards!

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