SB dealt 3 cards; dealer plays 3-card monte to determine burn card...

[DZgroundhog]

This was at Casino Niagara, so I don't know why I wouldn't expect something ridiculous like this to happen.

The small blind is accidentally dealt three cards; for some reason, he looks at them all and (after a few EP folds) tells the dealer he has three cards. The dealer asks for them and I assume he's going to kill the hand, while the SB assumes there will be a misdeal. The dealer, however, has other plans. And as the cards are being tossed in, the SB makes some comment about how he has a three-card straight.

The dealer lays them on the felt and scrambles the three cards in front of the SB. Then he picks one of them and flips it over, announcing "Nine of clubs is the burn card," and hands the other two cards back to the SB and let's the hand continue.

The SB is really confused at this point, but still decides to call a raise so he can see a heads-up flop out of position...and we all know he either has JT, T8, or 87. Then he check-folds a AK7 flop and I laugh.