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Originally Posted by moginsburg
So my home game plays 9 people and plays Big O. We do not utilize a burn card for the river.
I know this wasn't what you asked about, but I play Big O in a card room that handles this differently.
It's limit Big O with a half kill. Nine players are seated, but typically only eight are dealt in, with the player to the left of the big blind getting an "Ineligible" button. However, when the player in that position has the kill button and nine players are seated and eligible to be dealt in, then nine players are dealt in.
Deal: 45 cards
Burn and flop: 4 cards
Burn and turn: 2 cards
This leaves 1 card in the stub. The dealer takes this 1 card and the 2 burn cards and mixes them up face-down on the felt. It's not really a shuffle, more a 3-card wash. Then the dealer picks one of these 3 cards, turns it over, and that's the river.
This random selection is preferable to using the last stub card as the river because the last stub card could be marked or could have flashed to someone inadvertently.