Amanda A
Legend
Bronze Level
So I was watching the movie Lucky You last night and in the movie the hero is playing for a seat at the world series and is heads up. They are both all in, I think he has pocket Jacks or maybe 10's and his opponent has pocket 8's. The board runs out clean and he thinks he has won. Then the casino official comes over and says there was no burn card before the river so the river card becomes the burn and they still need to deal another card for the river. I won't say what happens but would this happen in real life? If the deal is done would they change it if the burn wasn't right? It got me thinking... and why does poker have burn cards anyway? I heard it's something to do with cheating? I don't understand - who would be marking the top card, the dealer?