Hey everyone. At this bar I work at, Thursdays in the summer I run free poker tournaments, and after, we've been having enough people for a 25c/50c NL cash game. The first few weeks I played, but lately, I've just pretty much acted as pit boss, and I'm cool with that. I act as the authority on just about everything that goes on during a poker game, tournament or cash, and in this group, I do know the most. This situation came up last night, and I'd like some input.
So there's two people in a pot, this is a player dealt game, and the dealer is not in the pot. This guy kind of gets on my nerves, but that didn't matter; I'd have done the same thing anyways. He had done this a few times before, and knowing this is a player dealt game, I just kind of bite my lip and try not to overwhelm the game with rules and procedures unless needed. The flop came, as normal, and then while waiting for action, he burns and turns the next two cards face down, basically so he's done. He put the turn on the left side of the flop, and the river to the right side of the flop. Action completed on the flop, and he turned the wrong one over. I happened to be watching so I immediately pointed it out, others at the table agreed. We showed the exposed would-be river card to everyone, and turned the correct turn card over. I then made a quick ruling, which I think is right - or at least I've seen something similar, maybe I'm mixing rules or something though - to leave the card that was exposed out, reshuffle the deck, and deal the new river card without a burn. Some agreed with me, while the dealer, who always gets on my nerve while playing cards, reluctantly shuffled and just kept saying you don't reshuffle the deck. Another guy who was in the pot was saying the exposed card should've been shuffled in. The river ended up going check-check, and was inconsequential to the outcome of the hand, but I then went to my computer to refer to Robert's Rules of Poker.
One part says an exposed card, like this one, cannot play. But elsewhere I think it said something about reshuffling it in. I was confused, so I'm looking for the Chiptalk interpretation of the rules. All I know, the ruling I made was "in good faith" and
that was correct. Generally, people in this game trust my rulings, but occasionally things like this come up, and most aren't familiar with any procedures regarding these situations. Sorry for the long-winded post, but I eagerly await some advice. Thanks!
