Turned too early in Crazy Pineapple

[KPrather]

Here's a story my friend told me about a hand he played at a home game recently:

Player A (my friend) is in the pot with Player B (dealing). The flop has come, and all flop betting is complete. At this point, the two players are supposed to choose one hole card to throw away. Player B inadvertently forgets to wait for Player A to throw a hole card before bringing the turn. What happens here?

What I would have done:

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Treat it like any premature turn card. Let Player A toss a hole card, bring the river as the turn, then shuffle the original turn back in with the stub.

How the host of the home game ruled:

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Player A's hand is dead because he has the wrong number of cards on the turn.

Thoughts?

[NotFadeAway]

I like your plan, but if it's a house rule I get the host ruling the way he did.  If it was decided on the spot, the host made a terrible decision, imo.

[72]

what the host did was wrong, and what you would have done is how it should have been handled... how could his hand be declared dead out of no fault of his own? it's a dealer error, so why does the player get punished for that?

I certainly hope at the bare minimum with that bad decision the player was refunded any chips put into the pot for that hand. very very bad ruling.

[Martini]

That house rule certainly would have the potential of being abused. Basically, a dealer can win any hand as long as he can pitch his card and deal the Turn card faster than his opponents can get rid of their extra card.

[NotFadeAway]

That house rule certainly would have the potential of being abused. Basically, a dealer can win any hand as long as he can pitch his card and deal the Turn card faster than his opponents can get rid of their extra card.

I agree, but I would still understand the decision if the host was just following a set rule.  If not, it's almost indefensible.

[Gobbs]

That house rule certainly would have the potential of being abused. Basically, a dealer can win any hand as long as he can pitch his card and deal the Turn card faster than his opponents can get rid of their extra card.

I agree, but I would still understand the decision if the host was just following a set rule.  If not, it's almost indefensible.

Any set rule that punished a player in this manner is a terrible rule and the host should not enforce it.

KC