[bolgenmod]

The rule for number one is that once significant action has taken place, you cannot rewind. So the dealer who didn't deal is out of luck. (Always protect your action!)

A similar thing happened a few days ago at the casino: the button was somehow moved twice, so the person who was supposed to be sb was button, person to be bb was sb, etc. I was happily stacking chips when the deal occurred (and in late position so this didn't really affect me), so when I looked up right after the cards had been dealt, I noticed the mistake. I immediately mentioned it, the dealer called the floor, who ruled that since all the cards had been dealt and utg had already acted (only one who acted), the button should stay as it was. I thought this was strange because it didn't seem to me that significant action had happened. Or that someone should miss a blind (which is usually not allowed when a player busts in a position that would cause a missed blind). But that was the ruling. So you did the right thing, especially as it seems that the mistake wasn't noticed until significant action occurred.

And after all, only the button is really adversely affected by this: someone misses a bb, someone else a sb, which is of course an advantage to them (albeit probably a small one: it is in my game!). The dealer misses his button, which is bad, but really, if he was supposed to actually be dealing (as opposed to the casino where he is dealt to), it's hard to see how he could forget. And his idea of going back to give him his deal after the hand? No way: that would just cause worlds of confusion!! Missing his button is probably a small punishment for a mistake on his part -- protect your action!

As for the second, that also seems to be correct. We don't play draw anymore, but the "shuffle the wrong card back in the deck" rule applies to board mistakes in holdem, so it should apply in draw.

I think you did the absolutely correct thing in both cases. And it's good no one objected. Maybe you need a set of Robert's Rules or something similar. Or a designated rules maven: someone whose rulings everyone can and will accept without question. That's how we do it: no printed rules, but some know-it-all (guess who) who knows the rules best. But if a dispute really came up, I would go straight to the computer and Robert's Rules.