Is it necessary to burn a card online?

[Maddenboy]

But, if they did it to resemble b&m, wouldnt they SHOW the burn, so customers could think "aaaah. the burn. Just like at the casino."?

Otherwise, how would they achieve this b&m-ness?

[dibbs]

Not a stupid question but I'ma say no, because it doesnt need to be done, and showing a card be burned might create more "rigged" theories than it would deter.


I recall a recent thread thats basic essence was "STARS ISNT A REAL POKER GAME CUZ THEIR ENGINE DOESNT BURN A CARD", few months back I think.

If burning cards doesn't make any sense, why deal one and one card clockwise (starting with the left of the dealer button)? That doesn't make any sense either (from a random point of view), unless you want the B&M experience.

On a somewhat related note, I've seen in home games that some "leet" players spread the card deck out on the table after shuffling and then deal from top right with the cards never leaving the table. However, you can clearly see parts of the flop, turn and river cards. So why burn cards then?

[subzero]

What's your screen name? Wanna play heads up?

[HavanaBanana]

I have't played Stud in a Casino for years, but no burn card there right?

Certainly there should be one.

When I worked at The Gaming Club Poker Room, we once had a guy call in complaying that the player in seat 2 got his card first (in Stud), we had to inform him that it is only the image looking like that, they are virtual images of cards that have nothing to do with the deal itself!

On a similar note, on the casino part they had many players call in thinking that the casino actually was on a riverboat. (RiverBelle)

ToT

[chrisg]

This is the most retarded question ever. Christ. Why am I replying. I've been sucked in.

Where's my heroin? I want to inject my eyeball.

[Maddenboy]

There IS a burn in stud.

Perhaps you'll recall when everybody chases to the river, and the dealer runs out of cards, he shuffles the burn cards and flips up a community 7th street card.

At least, that's what they do here in Socal. Comes up often enuf in Hi-Lo stud (chase, chase, chase).

[AA suited]

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MainEvent wrote:
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why burn a card when the cards are constantly being shuffled anyways???

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I think on most sites the order of the deck is arranged (shuffled) prior to the hand and then is fixed for the remainder of the hand. Is this not correct?

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nope... continuous shuffle

and it doesnt matter since it's random

[HavanaBanana]

Sometimes I like to burn the Qs5s , but sometimes they rock!


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***** Hand History for Game 2649078000 *****
$15/$30 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, September 03, 23:34:48 EDT 2005
Table Bad Beat Jackpot #1054466 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: evv11 ( $810.75 )
Seat 2: d0g___b3rt ( $580.50 )
Seat 3: mtg_gypsy ( $1079 )
Seat 4: craps7777777 ( $750 )
Seat 5: ThreeBetMan ( $1033.83 )
Seat 6: mrstircrazy ( $1667.83 )
Seat 7: Swepe101 ( $2345.50 )
Seat 8: punditlover ( $1065.34 )
Seat 9: theunit ( $706.25 )
Seat 10: TuristOnTilt ( $929.55 )
evv11 posts small blind [$10].
d0g___b3rt posts big blind [$15].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to TuristOnTilt [ 5s Qs ]
mtg_gypsy folds.
ThreeBetMan folds.
mrstircrazy folds.
Swepe101 folds.
punditlover folds.
theunit folds.
TuristOnTilt raises [$30].
evv11 raises [$35].
d0g___b3rt folds.
TuristOnTilt raises [$30].
evv11 calls [$15].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, Tc, Jc ]
evv11 checks.
TuristOnTilt bets [$15].
evv11 calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
evv11 checks.
TuristOnTilt bets [$30].
evv11 folds.
TuristOnTilt: GRANNY MAE!!!
TuristOnTilt does not show cards.
TuristOnTilt wins $191.50

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ToT

[AA suited]

lol..

and if evv11 called on the turn and the river was a blank?