In live poker, a card that is dealt dead from the deck before dealing a live card. The purpose of the
burn card is to reduce the effectiveness of card marking, because the card that is displayed on the
top of the deck (and which may be visible during the previous round of betting) will not be a card that is dealt live to a player or into the
community cards.
When a card is mistakenly exposed or incorrectly dealt during a
deal, many casinos will designate that card as the
burn card and will not burn another card before dealing the next round.
Example: In Texas hold 'em, before dealing the turn and the river, the dealer will burn a card.
Created by
LawDude on 5 Aug, 2009
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