Editing Burn card

{{Short description|Card discarded from the top of a deck}}
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In [[card game]]s, a '''burn card''' is a [[playing card]] dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players. Burn cards are usually not shown to the players.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dalton|first1=Michael|title=B ... is for Bankroll - Blackjack Review Network|url=https://www.blackjackreview.com/wp/encyclopedia/b/|website=Blackjack Review Network|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> 

Burning is most often performed in [[casino]]s to deter a form of cheating known as [[card marking]].

== Usage ==
In [[poker]] the top card of the deck stub is burned at the beginning of each betting round, so that players who might have been able to read markings on that card during the previous round are less able to take advantage of that information. Knowledge of a burn card might be marginally useful, such as knowing there is one fewer Ace in the deck, but far less so than knowing it is about to be in play.<ref name="faq">{{cite web| url = https://www.cardplayer.com/rules-of-poker/how-to-play-poker/games/texas-holdem| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090522113926/http://www.cardplayer.com/rules-of-poker/how-to-play-poker/games/texas-holdem| archive-date = 2009-05-22| title = How to Play Texas Hold'em Poker - CardPlayer.com}}</ref>

Two other uses for burning are: to prevent [[second dealing]] and to provide extra cards for use when an irregularity of play occurs. Sometimes a misdealt card (such as one of the down cards in poker that has flashed during the deal) will be used as the burn card – in those cases, the card should be immediately placed face up on the deck after the deal is complete.

When [[Texas hold 'em]] (as well as in [[Omaha hold 'em]]) is played in casinos (or other formal games where cheating is a concern), a card is burned before dealing the flop, turn, and river, for a maximum of 3 total burn cards.<ref name="faq" />

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