Premature turn card in Big O
So my home game plays 9 people and plays Big O. We do not utilize a burn card for the river. What do you do in a situation where there's action and 3 people in on the flop and the 4th person is thinking but the dealer burns and deals the turn?
Do you shuffle back the flop burn, turn burn, turn that came out and unseen river and mix those 4 cards together?
Same question if it's the river that's prematurely burned so then you only have 3 cards (river, and flop/turn burn cards)
What we've done in the past is when it's the turn we will mix the 4 back. When it's the river we just check it down and the best hand wins.
No idea what the correct thing is to do.
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It's your Home Game .. whatever you decide to do is 'fine'.
TDA limits 'available' cards to the stub, which is your problem here .. no stub. So adding in the Burns is the next best step.
I'm not sure what exactly is going on online, but I've heard about cards going back into play to increase the randomization and decrease Bot effectiveness. There's nothing 'wrong' with reshuffling the Muck, but it's definitely a Plan C to me.
As long as these spots are very limited with your Dealer/Game then whatever the table/host feels comfortable is great .. including the check down options. GL
