This week's rule addresses a situation that actually happened this week and my ruling was slightly off so let's take a look at 39-B (I'll include part A for reference):
Rule 39: Irregular Flops and Premature-Dealt Cards
A: 4-Card Flops. If the flop has 4 rather than 3 cards, exposed or not, and regardless of whether the door card is presumed known, the floor will be called. The dealer then scrambles the 4 cards face down, the floor randomly selects 1 as the next burn card and the other 3 are the flop (See also RP-14 Randomness).
B: If there was no burn on a 3-card flop, exposed or not and regardless of whether the door card is presumed known, if no action has occurred, the 3 cards are scrambled face down, one chosen as the burn. The flop will be the other 2 cards plus the next card off the stub. If any action (even one check) has occurred, play proceeds with the initial 3 cards. Only one card is burned for the turn.
I previously encountered a similar situation while running a charity tournament, which helped me understand part A and feature it in a previous newsletter. This week, however, I mistakenly mixed up these two rules. When a flop was dealt without a burn card, I ended up taking the 4th card (still in the dealer's hand but not yet revealed), shuffling it with the other three, and randomly choosing one as the burn card, like I would for a 4-card flop. According to part B, though, I should have simply randomized the three flop cards, picked one to be the burn card, and used the next deck card as the final flop card.
The common principle between these two rules is that, even if it seems clear which card should be the burn or extra card in either scenario, the cards must still be shuffled face down, and one should be chosen at random to serve as the burn card (or the next burn card in the case of part A).
Dead Man's Hand Poker uses the rules set forth by the Poker Tournament Directors Association. The Poker TDA is a voluntary poker industry association founded in 2001. The TDA mission is to increase global uniformity of poker tournament rules. The Poker TDA rules can be found here.
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