Burn cards? why is this done ?

#1 13th April 2007, 5:27 PM

ok all i have been playing poker for 25 years, holdem for only a few and i have a question? why are the burn cards burned? i mean i never see burn cards online and i see sooooo many suck outs online could this be because of those 3 burn cards being in the deck .......and as far as that goes are the burn cards figured into the odds and should it figure in to the outs i think i should have ......its got to change something can anybody offer any insite

#2 13th April 2007, 5:35 PM

Burned cards are "burned" because someone might've seen them. Ofcourse, sometimes a burned card will be a card you'd want to see. Sometimes you'd have been glad it had been burned. It changes nothing.

#3 13th April 2007, 5:37 PM

Cards are burned live to prevent cheating.

Burned cards do not factor into the odds or outs because they are unseen cards. Therefore there is no difference between a burn card and the 22nd card in the deck. Both are unknown.

#4 13th April 2007, 5:46 PM

Pretty much what he ^ said.

They are to make it harder for a mechanic to set the deck.

Obviously online you dont get mechanics (although the rigged theorists would naturally beg to differ), and therefore it is completely unneccesary to do a virtual burn.

#5 13th April 2007, 5:56 PM

I believe there are online burned cards too. If you read the dealing specs at FT, it suggests there is a burn card. Why?

Tradition perhaps.

The poker God Bernice, the Bumbling Burner of BlueBacked Bicycle Cards would know.

#6 13th April 2007, 6:01 PM

Tenbob plays live games, they do it to try & protect the fish.

#7 13th April 2007, 6:15 PM

Mechanics, and - I would have thought more importantly - marked cards. With burn cards, the card about to be dealt isn't at the top of the deck.

#8 13th April 2007, 8:06 PM

There are lots of reasons for burn cards, the primary one being the most clumsy form of cheating. Marking cards as they are delt, nicking/ marking/ folding corners of cards in a discreet attempt to gain information about the next card to be delt. Simply disgarding "burniing" the top card effictively eliminates this,

Play Texas Hold'em Online Poker \| Burn cards? why is this done ?
BetOnline Poker is a top online poker site accepting all US players with an INSTANT cash bonus of up to $900 FREE. It also has a casino and sports betting available.	PokerStars is one of the best places to play poker online. Use PokerStars marketing code CCHAT for a $600 bonus. Note: No US Players Accepted.