Monday night I played poker with some friends. I remember we had a permanent dealer then and a certain hand by which two players were at. After the button was player 1 and then player 2 followed. Before the flop, both players were in. Eventually, player 1 checked and so player 2 placed a bet. Player 1 then called and afterwards turn came. Player 1 checked. Unfortunately, the dealer turned the river card unintentionally. Player 2 then placed a bet while player 1 called afterwards. At much later part, we argued as we don’t know what to do with the river card.

In your opinion, the original river could have been used up or else could have been just considered as a burned card?

Thanks and nice site!

Marek
Marek,

In this case, the river card is pulled back, put back into the deck, the deck shuffled, and a new river card dealt without burning since the burn already occurred.