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Saltsman64
Rising Star
Bronze Level
i was recently participating in a low stakes poker tournament and there was a ruling that I had a question about. I’ve played poker competitively since i was a child but I’ve never seen anything like this occur.
I wasn’t involved in this particular hand, but the pre-flop action had one player all in and another player thinking about calling. The player who was thinking was last to act and everyone else had already folded.
While the player was thinking the dealer accidentally knocked the top 2 cards off the deck and a 10 and an Ace were exposed off the top. The 10 would be the burn card and Ace was first street.
The ruling was made by the owner of the tournament that the cards would be put back into the deck and reshuffled. I know this is the standard for most games. The player who had yet to call, made the call and ended up hitting an Ace on 4th street on the redeal to bust the original all in.
I understand that reshuffling is customary but did this not give an advantage to the caller since he knew that there was at least one ace left in the deck?
All thoughts and comments are appreciated
I wasn’t involved in this particular hand, but the pre-flop action had one player all in and another player thinking about calling. The player who was thinking was last to act and everyone else had already folded.
While the player was thinking the dealer accidentally knocked the top 2 cards off the deck and a 10 and an Ace were exposed off the top. The 10 would be the burn card and Ace was first street.
The ruling was made by the owner of the tournament that the cards would be put back into the deck and reshuffled. I know this is the standard for most games. The player who had yet to call, made the call and ended up hitting an Ace on 4th street on the redeal to bust the original all in.
I understand that reshuffling is customary but did this not give an advantage to the caller since he knew that there was at least one ace left in the deck?
All thoughts and comments are appreciated