Jack is back.
Jack McClelland, the tournament director at Bellagio, is again looking for
Card Player readers to test his tournament knowledge with their questions. Jack will answer the questions in his "Ask Jack" column, which is returning to
Card Player Magazine.
Readers with questions should e-mail them to
[email protected].
As an example of the kinds of questions he fields, this is an Ask Jack that appeared earlier this year:
Sam: In one of your recent columns, a reader described a situation where he had made a preflop raise without realizing that he had been dealt three cards. After all the other players folded to him, he turned up his cards, and the dealing error was revealed. The player was awarded the pot based on the fact that everyone else had mucked. You advised the hand should have been declared a misdeal because no one at the table had correct cards.
I have witnessed similar situations, and would like to know at what point you would call a misdeal, and at what point you'd muck the offending hand. What if there is post-flop action and the third card isn't discovered until the turn or the river? With other people's chips in the pot, and the flop already dealt, can you still call a misdeal? Would you consider the offending cards a dead hand, and would the player's chips then be forfeited to the pot?
Jack: Good question! If the player with the three cards instigates action on the flop, where he would have a chance to win the pot in everyone folds, and then the third card is found, then I would kill the hand a forfeit his chips. If the pot was checked out, and there is the possibility that he would not re-check his hole cards, then I would call a misdeal, reconstruct the pot, and give the players back their chips.
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