Quote:
Originally Posted by DisRuptive1
If this situation happened to any other player, their hand would be dead. Why should the button get treated differently (and better) than any other player?
You raise a valid point with regards to the discrepancy between player positions and the way they may potentially be treated in this situation using my theory.
However, I would point out that by allowing the button player to continue playing even whilst at a disadvantage, this must surely be considered as being treated worse than other players, not better?
My knowledge of the rules of tournament poker is not deep enough to accurately comment on what would happen in similar situations for different players, but gut feeling suggests that a similar approach would be adopted - it's up to the other players at the table to observe that the incorrect number of cards have been dealt to each player. Furthermore, had the dealer noticed their mistake immediately after dealing the hole cards, I believe I'm right in saying that they would have given the player in question the next card in the deck anyway, regardless of their position? Please correct me if I'm wrong on this one as I'm not 100% sure.