OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Depends on exactly what happened - did they just deal a four-card flop by accident, or did they burn and turn the flop prematurely?
The general rule is that you correct the error in the manner that has the least impact on what the actual board cards would have been. Here's the relevant section of Robert's Rules: http://www.homepokertourney.com/roberts-rules-of-poker.htm#SECTION_5_-_HOLDEM
If it was a four-card flop dealt accidentally (ie: only one card had been burned) then the fix is fairly trivial: you take the extra card off the flop*, make sure everyone has seen it so they all have the same information, then use that card as the burn card on the turn (which is what it was supposed to be anyway) and carry on with the game normally.
If the turn was burned and turned prematurely then there's a procedure in the above link for correcting it. Basically you take the turn card off the board (but leave the burned card where it is - it's in the correct spot), finish the betting round, burn and turn again (so the cards that would have been burned and turned for the river effectively become the turn cards). Then reshuffle the prematurely dealt card into the deck stub and deal the river without burning a card.
* make sure you take the correct one though - if the dealer has followed the standard method of spreading a flop, it'll be the card on the far left of the board that shouldn't be there
The general rule is that you correct the error in the manner that has the least impact on what the actual board cards would have been. Here's the relevant section of Robert's Rules: http://www.homepokertourney.com/roberts-rules-of-poker.htm#SECTION_5_-_HOLDEM
If it was a four-card flop dealt accidentally (ie: only one card had been burned) then the fix is fairly trivial: you take the extra card off the flop*, make sure everyone has seen it so they all have the same information, then use that card as the burn card on the turn (which is what it was supposed to be anyway) and carry on with the game normally.
If the turn was burned and turned prematurely then there's a procedure in the above link for correcting it. Basically you take the turn card off the board (but leave the burned card where it is - it's in the correct spot), finish the betting round, burn and turn again (so the cards that would have been burned and turned for the river effectively become the turn cards). Then reshuffle the prematurely dealt card into the deck stub and deal the river without burning a card.
* make sure you take the correct one though - if the dealer has followed the standard method of spreading a flop, it'll be the card on the far left of the board that shouldn't be there
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bnasp2
Visionary
Silver Level
No way Jose. Being all-in, seeing flop and want the money back? That is totally the last solution. Just burn the extra card and keep going.
Nice example:
- at some big tournament player got only one pocket card
- he tried to steal blinds with all-in, and when he got called, he complained about misdeal and wanted to cancel the hand, or at least new deal for all.
- floorman absolutely denied, no such dirty tricks with misdeal. So he just got second pocket hand from pack and the hand kept going as usual.
OzExorcist
Broomcorn's uncle
Bronze Level
Yeah, no chance. Just take the exposed burn card, make sure everybody is aware that it was exposed and they know what it was, then still use it as the burn card on the turn and the game continues on. Easy.