Dealer error on the boad, noticed before end

October 20, 2007 by LeScribe.

The scene : a 30 players tournament, the final table, close to the bubble.

A player “A” is all-in with K-K, player “B” calls with A-7. The board is drawn, but the 3rd card of the flop (which is a 7) is burned and a 2 is drawned instead. 2 players not in the hand see that and say immediatly to the dealer that there is an error.
They switched the cards (burn the 2 and flip back the 7), draw the turn and the river… which was a third seven,making player “B” a trip of 7, and busting out player “A” of the tourney.

Of course, player “A” was very angry because of the dealer error and ask for the rule. I said that unfortunatly for him, 2 players out of the hand (and even a spectator) saw the dealer error, and that initially, the correct cards to draw was truly a 7 and not a deuce.
It was very painful, but I couldn’t change the board and he was busted out of the tourney.

Was I right ?

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