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Old 07-10-2007, 10:05 PM
Cornell Fiji Cornell Fiji is offline
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Default Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

What is the correct ruling here?
If the floor screwed up the ruling how do you handle it if you're the guy with the 7s?

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What Are The Odds?

Steve Seidman was all-in with pocket tens against pocket sevens. With his tournament life at stake, Seidman was devastated when a seven fell on the flop. But, should it have been there? The dealer accidentally dealt a four-card flop, and Seidman called the floor for a ruling on what to do about the flop. When the floor staff arrived, everyone at the table pointed out that it was quite obvious that the seven was part of the three-card flop, regardless of the dealer's mistake.

However, it was ruled for the cards to be reshuffled and a new flop dealt, much to the dislike of the player holding pocket sevens.

Against many odds, a seven was again dealt on the flop. But there's a catch yet again, as this flop contained two clubs. Seidman went on to catch running clubs to compliment his and survive his all-in

Coincidence? Destiny? Or just pure odds? You do the math.


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Old 07-10-2007, 10:15 PM
lmcjaho lmcjaho is offline
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

You go buy yourself a beer to commiserate - floor ruling was correct.
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Old 07-10-2007, 10:27 PM
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

Isn't the fourth card just the burn before the turn card? Unless the dealer can't tell which card is which. They should be able to tell on camera, anyway.
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Old 07-10-2007, 10:37 PM
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Isn't the fourth card just the burn before the turn card? Unless the dealer can't tell which card is which. They should be able to tell on camera, anyway.

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The problem is that the most common reason for a four card flop also makes it difficult to say with certainty which card is the extra card.
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Old 07-10-2007, 10:59 PM
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

decision seems fine to me
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Old 07-10-2007, 11:42 PM
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

I think the problem is dealers who try to get fancy and throw the flop out all at once. If they dealt one at a time this wouldn't happen.

Give the dealer a kick in the nuts.
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Old 07-10-2007, 11:43 PM
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

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Isn't the fourth card just the burn before the turn card? Unless the dealer can't tell which card is which. They should be able to tell on camera, anyway.

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There is no way to tell which card shouldn't be there. We certainly aren't stopping to look at the camera. Going to the camera is something that might happen once every 5 or 10 years for the average floor person.
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:10 AM
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I've only ever seen it ruled that way, where the last card goes back. Should I be complaining about this ruling?
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:40 AM
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I've only ever seen it ruled that way, where the last card goes back. Should I be complaining about this ruling?

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I see this missed all the time. A lot of people dont' realize that if there are 4 cards when there are supposed to be 3 that 2 cards stuck together. I see no logical reason to assume which cards stuck together (just tonight I used 4 cards to show someone that you can't tell which one should have been the next burn).
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:47 AM
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Default Re: Ruling: 4 cards dealt on the flop

And if the dealer put down four cards by accident somehow, fourth flop card as you see it would have been the first card dealt from the deck, unless they flop right to left instead of left to right. Mostly it's just cards sticking, though.

It's too messy to do anything but re-deal the flop. It's not like there would have been any action.
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