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Three Lessons from Thomas Boivin, Who Won $3.3 Million at the 2025 WSOP August 16, 2025Faraz Jaka is always keen to share his coach’s success and this year was no different. In August 2025, Jaka praised Thomas Boivin, who made five ITMs at the 2025…
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Top 10 Best Poker Shows August 14, 2025Some of them could easily be called “iconic” — many people, after watching these poker shows on TV, started playing online and became poker pros. Other shows are relatively new.…
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The History of WPT Global: A Skyrocket Journey from 2022 to 2025 August 14, 2025When WPT launched its own WPT Global room in 2022, no one couldn’t have predicted how successful this project would be. Three years and a lot of ambivalent changes later,…
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1990-2000 Bankroll Stories from Poker Pros: Kicked Off by Josh Arieh August 13, 2025In the second week of August, the poker X community began a discussion about the growing cost of traveling for poker throughout history. And when the original topic-starter deleted the…
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Poker in Europe: Bucharest August 10, 2025Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is a city where history and culture stack up like chips at the final table. Founded in the 14th century, it claimed the title of…
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Top 5 Best Live Poker Series In 2025: Part 2 August 10, 2025PokerListings continues the list of the best poker series and associated brands in this article — you can read about the other five of them in the Part 1 article.…
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Top 5 Best Live Poker Series In 2025: Part 1 August 8, 2025The poker industry has hundreds of live poker series, tours and cups with different levels of organization, amount of controversies and specifics. But which of them are the best? Well,…
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How to Set up a Casino Website in 2025: Complete Guide August 6, 2025The start of an iGaming project is no longer reserved for business giants. Affordable entry, streamlined regulation, and turnkey solutions now let focused founders become a part of a profitable…
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The Rise and Fall of Viktor Blom August 2, 2025Few names in the history of online poker evoke as much awe, interest, and nostalgia as Isildur1. In 2009, the screen name alone became famous, associated with big bluffs, relentless…
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Content Creators in Poker: Greg Goes All In Liow August 1, 2025Building on the last two pieces on content creators, which focused on YouTube poker vlogger pioneer Brad Owen and Twitch streamer sensation Lex Veldhuis, this piece focuses on a Canadian…
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Content Creators in Poker – Lex Veldhuis July 28, 2025As mentioned in the previous blog post about Brad Owen, the access and usage of social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok have contributed to a surge in…
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Poker in Europe: Bratislava July 27, 2025This is the second stop on my poker tour across Europe. Over the past 15 years, the continent has really stepped up its poker game — and Bratislava, Slovakia, is…
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Content Creators in Poker – Brad Owen July 26, 2025Poker has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years, with record numbers of entrants being set at both physical and online tables around the world. The access to platforms,…
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Introducing PA Tools — An Essential Platform for Poker Apps Agents and Players July 25, 2025PA Tools gathers player data from various poker apps and clubs in one place. Whether you’re working with 10 or 1,000 players, PA Tools handles any volume of data. No…
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Make WSOP Great Again: Poker Players Suggest Changes for 2026 July 24, 2025After the controversial and, for many, unpleasant WSOP 2025, the poker community hasn’t stopped debating how to restore what was once the most important series in the poker world to…
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Scandals, Myths, and Advertising Stats at WSOP Main Event July 19, 2025A look at how advertising took over the WSOP Main Event—from zero branding in the early 2000s to logo-filled shirts. The post clears up myths about past champions, shows which…
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Poker in Europe: Varna July 19, 2025This article is the first in a series that aims to shine a light on some of the most beautiful poker venues across Europe. I’ll be hitting the felt in…
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Backgammon and Poker: A Love Affair Part 3 – Dynamics Continued July 13, 2025In continuation of yesterday’s article, which focused on the similarities in dynamics between the games of poker and backgammon, this piece will further explore similar nuances in gameplay. Timing and…
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Is AI Useful but Dangerous for Poker Players? July 12, 2025In 2025, AI tools are simply everywhere: people use them to search, make work easier, create visual, audio, and text content, calculate and summarize information, etc. Even the poker community…
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Backgammon and Poker: A Love Affair: Part 2 – Success and Dynamics July 11, 2025In continuation of yesterday’s article, this piece will delve further into the similarities in shared concepts and dynamics between the games of poker and backgammon. Cross-Disciplinary Mastery Another one of…
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Backgammon and Poker: A Long Love Affair Part 1 – An Introduction July 10, 2025Zdenek Zizka recently became the first Backgammon Grandmaster to win a WSOP Bracelet in Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem, which got me thinking about the close ties that poker and…
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Salute to Warriors: The History of the WSOP Unique Charity Event July 9, 2025WSOP has an image of a poker festival where people chase their dream of winning big or at least being glorified as a bracelet winner. But its schedule actually has…
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Why So Many Poker Players Are Broke: The Truth Nobody Talks About July 5, 2025On the outside, poker is portrayed as a game with big wins, gold bracelets, and a glamorous lifestyle. But that’s merely a glimpse of reality. Poker rarely depicts financial stress,…
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Poker in Malta: The Situation With Online & Live Poker in 2025 July 3, 2025When it comes to poker in Malta, there’s plenty to discuss. Whether it’s relocating to Malta to play online or live poker, the tax regimes that come with it, or…
User Comments
I’m running a poker league that sends a handful of players to the wsop every summer. Last month we hand a dispute on a ruling and was hopeful you could help resolve it.
For starters you need to know we all individually deal on our button so there is no professional dealer.
On this hand, one player stated he ‘was pretty sure he saw a face card’ dealt to another player. He didn’t know exactly what card, just a face card in general. The other player did not want to burn the card because the exact card was not known.
How specific does this need to be? Can a player say ‘ I saw a black card’ and expect the card to be burned?
Thanks,
Mark
The situation you described does not qualify for a burn card. The player in question only offered a guess what he might have seen and apparently has not seen the exact card. If you allow for the card to be burned in this situation you will have to allow a card to be burned whenever a player randomly claims he might have seen a card.
In major poker series like the WSOP, a card is only burned if the error is clear and verifiable, typically confirmed by the dealer or floor staff. In your case, the player must clearly identify the specific card (rank and suit) for it to be burned. If no agreement is reached, the issue can be resolved by a table vote in home games. Establishing clear rules in advance is recommended to avoid future disputes.