How To Proceed After Dealer Error

[youtalkfunny]

It was basically handled in the standard way, with two exceptions:

1. Even though the dealer knew the proper resolution, he should have called the floor over, and let the floor tell him what to do. Doing this shows the players that the dealer isn't making up some procedure to try to get out of the jam that has been created.

2. Pulling back the three was correct--but immediately putting cards back into the deck is not the SOP. The three should be set aside while "the card that would have been the river card" is put out. THEN the three is shuffled into the remaining stub.

Again, the procedure was, for all intents and purposes, followed appropriately, with a few hiccups that affected the perception of propriety.

[bav]

And the other advantage of calling the floor is a good floor will explain for the table exactly what is about to happen (and maybe why it's about to happen), so nobody is surprised when the woulda-been river is burn+turned and the deck is shuffled. It helps the players feel better that things are being done by some standard procedure if they know exactly what's going to happen ahead of time.