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Dealer Error - Pre-exposed flop, turn, and or river

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soda5:
I need a comment or something that I can print out and show people, the ruling to pre-exposed cards.  1)  If the flop was exposed prematurely without everyone acting?  2)  If the turn was premature?  and 3)  If the river was premature?

Stuart Murray:
Hi soda,

rather than explain I will quote Robert's Rules of Poker (RROP):


15. If the dealer prematurely deals any cards before the betting is complete, those cards will not play, even if a player who has not acted decides to fold.
16. If the dealer fails to burn a card or burns more than one card, the error should be corrected if discovered before betting action has started for that round. Once action has been taken on a boardcard, the card must stand. Whether the error is able to be corrected or not, subsequent cards dealt should be those that would have come if no error had occurred. For example, if two cards were burned, one of the cards should be put back on the deck and used for the burncard on the next round. On the last round, if there was no betting because a player was all-in, the error should be corrected if discovered before the pot has been awarded, provided the deck stub, boardcards, and burncards are all sufficiently intact to determine the proper replacement card.
17. If the deck stub gets fouled for some reason, such as the dealer believing the deal is over and dropping the deck, the deal must still be played out, and the deck reconstituted in as fair a way as possible.

so for example:  The flop is dealt too early by dealer error, so the burn cards are issued for the turn and river along with the turn and river cards face down before the existing flop is reshuffled back into the stub and a new flop is issued without burning cards, the turn and river can be turned over when required.

I hope that answers your question correctly.

Best Regards
Stuart

soda5:
Thank you very much

Stuart Murray:
Anytime!

Stu

Nick C:
Soda5,
 
 What Stuart quoted is correct. If you are interested in how to handle the premature deal I will explain it to you. I will assume you are refering to a flop game. If the dealer burns and turns the flop before all players have acted that flop will not remain in play. The reason for the rule is as follows: No player is allowed to put chips into the pot, knowing the identity of any card to be dealt. When the dealer burns and places the flop on the table and the last player, or players have been skipped, the flop will be reshuffled into the deck stub and a new deck is used. This is the procedure even if the player decides to fold. The proper method is to leave the burn card on the table and carefully reshuffle the remaining deck stub. (I caution dealers to be extra careful to not expose any cards to players that have live hands). After the player that was skipped decides to call or fold, the new flop will be placed on the table without a burn, (because the original burn was left on the table). If the turn is placed on the board before all action is complete, the card will be set aside (for possible use later). After the skipped player has acted by calling or folding or even raising, the dealer will burn a card and use the proper river card in the turn cards place. After the next betting round, the dealer will shuffle the exposed turn card (that was set aside) into the deck stub and without a burncard place it on the table. If the premature deal takes place on the river card, the card must be reshuffled into the deck stub and a new river is turned, with no burn. 

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