11- 9-04, LearnTexasHoldem:
Dealer Shows Turn Card Out Of Turn
The problem came up last Thursday when it was down to four of us left and three people in the current hand. The flop came up A-4-K and both small and big blind checked and then it was raised on the button...... but before the small and big blind could act the dealer (the fourth player out of the current hand) dealt the turn card, another Ace - it was late/early in the morning and he'd smoked too much.
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What should have happened next?? Luckily the small blind and myself were very honest and said we would have folded because we had the crap you normally get in the blinds so we just showed our cards and sure enough the bettor had the King. This could have really screwed things up though if it was a more important hand so do you know how this should be treated if it happens again please?
Answer: Thanks for the question. This is a situation where the floor person would be called and he would make a ruling. I don't remember a rule that handles this specific problem but two other, more general holdem rules, can be applied. Let me list them both and then I'll choose one. Option 1: If all players in the hand agreed, the card would be used as the burn card for the next round.
The problem with this though is that with 4 players in the hand, the card could have very well helped someone. Option 2: We apply the rule that if there is action behind a play, it can't be taken back. Normally action is defined by bets. So for example if I acted out of turn by accident and then a bunch of people after me followed my lead and also acted then the person who missed their turn to begin with couldn't do anything but just call or check raise. He/she couldn't make everyone take their bets back and then bet.
In this case the card being dealt would be considered action. Between those two options I would pick the second one. No one would need to fold their hands. I would make the player who bet take his bet back and then the hand would progress. Another option would be to just call the hand a misdeal and redo it all but misdeals rarely (if ever) gets called after there is a flop.
There is no perfect solution to this problem and in these situations someone always benefits and someone gets screwed. 11/10/04 Update: I'm going to leave the above information because it still has some value but there is another option that I didn't think of: The dealer could take the card back and reshuffle it, then everyone would have to play the round again. That would make more sense than the other options I listed above.
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