Re: river card is dealt before last player gets to act: ruling?
All of the answers I see here seem to be incomplete. Here is the applicable rule:
4. If the dealer turns the fourth card on the board before the betting round is complete, the card is taken out of play for that round, even if subsequent players elect to fold. The betting is then completed. The dealer burns and turns what would have been the fifth card in the fourth card’s place. After this round of betting, the dealer reshuffles the deck, including the card that was taken out of play, but not including the burn cards or discards. The dealer then cuts the deck and turns the final card without burning a card. If the fifth card is turned up prematurely, the deck is reshuffled and dealt in the same manner.
See Explanations, discussion # 2, for more information on this rule.
(The Explanations--which you can read for yourself on cardplayer.com--simply suggest a "better" rule in their neverending attempt to add to the confusion!)
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