The burn card is never to be shown to the players, as it could influence future decision-making. Before dealing the flop, turn, or river, the dealer is required to take the top card from the deck and burn (discard) it. There are up to 3 total burn cards in a Texas Hold’em poker hand. This article will explain everything that I have learned about the subject so far. In fact, there is more than one reason cards are burned and each is an integral part of the game. It took some rather “tough love” from my playing partners to figure out how it worked.Įventually, I discovered that burning cards are an important part of Texas Hold’em and variant of poker that involves play over multiple streets. In my initial outing, I had no clue what it meant to “burn” a card or that it even existed. Then, I discovered a local “Pub Poker” tournament and decided to give it a try. In fact, it was about two years before I even thought about playing in a live game.
When I first started playing poker, I was solely an online player.
