1) A card was exposed in cutting

2) The cut left fewer than five cards in either packet

3) Two or more cards are face up in the pack

4) The pack is incorrect or imperfect in any way

5) A player is dealing out of turn.

If a player is dealing out of turn, and a redeal is called, the deal reverts to the proper player in turn. In a game in which every player antes, no one need ante again. Any other bet is left in the pot. If no redeal or misdeal is called within a time limit provided, the deal stands, and the player on the left of the out-of-turn dealer will be the next dealer.

Misdeal. A misdeal due to the dealer's error loses the deal if attention is drawn to it by a player who has not intentionally seen any face-down card dealt to him. The deal passes to the next player in turn. The misdealer's ante is forfeited to the pot. If all players have anted equally, their antes remain in the pot and no one need ante again. A blind bet or raise may be withdrawn.

A misdeal may be called by any player who has not intentionally seen any face-down card dealt to him:

1) If before the dealer begins the second round of cards he notices that the pack was not shuffled or offered for cut

2) By any player who receives two face-up cards in Draw Poker or any other form of closed Poker, provided he calls a misdeal immediately and has not contributed to the error

3) If the dealer gives too many cards to more than one player.

If the dealer mistakenly stops dealing before giving every player enough cards, due solely to his omission to deal one or more rounds, it is not a misdeal and the dealer is required to complete the deal whenever the irregularity is discovered. For example, if the dealer stops dealing after giving each player only four cards; or if the dealer gives the first five of seven players five cards each and the sixth and seventh players only four cards each, it is not a misdeal.

If the dealer deals too many hands, he shall determine which hand is dead, and that hand is discarded; but if any player has looked at any face-down card in any hand, he must keep that hand.

If the dealer deals too few hands, he must give his hand to the first omitted player to his left. Any other player who has been omitted and who has anted may withdraw his ante.

Exposed Card. If the dealer exposes one or more cards from the undealt portion of the pack after the deal is completed, those cards are dead and are placed among the discards. There is no penalty against any player for exposing any part of his hand, and he has no redress. A player who interferes with the deal and causes the dealer to expose a card may not call a misdeal.

Incorrect Pack. If it is determined, at any time before the pot has been taken in, that the pack has too many cards, too few cards, or duplicate cards, the deal is void; and each player withdraws from the pot any chips he contributed to it, any other laws of the game to the contrary notwithstanding; but the results of pots previously taken in are not affected.

Imperfect Pack. If the pack contains any card that is torn, discolored, or otherwise marked so it can be identified from the back, the pack must be replaced before the deal in progress or any other deal can be completed; but the play of the hand in progress is not affected if the deal has been completed.

Incorrect Hand. A hand having more or less than the correct number of cards in the Poker variation being played is foul and cannot win the pot. If every other player has dropped, the pot remains and goes to the winner of the next pot. Players may agree that a hand with fewer cards is not foul, in which case its holder may compete for the pot with the best poker combination he can make.

Irregularities in Betting. Chips once put in the pot may not be withdrawn except by a player who, after he has anted, is dealt out; or in jackpots, when another player has opened without proper openers (see False Openers p. 86); in Draw Poker, by the players who opened or raised blind, in case of a misdeal; or in Stud Poker, when the dealer has failed to deal a player any card face down.

Installment or String Bets. A player's entire bet must be put in the pot at one time. Having put in some number of chips, he may not add to that number unless the original number was insufficient to call, in which case he may add exactly enough chips to call. If, however, he announced before putting in any chips that he was raising by a certain amount and puts in an amount insufficient for such a raise, he must on demand supply enough additional chips to equal the announced amount of his bet.

Insufficient Bet. When a player in turn puts into the pot a number of chips insufficient to call, he must either add enough chips to call and may not raise, or he must drop and forfeit his chips already in the pot. When a player raises by less than the minimum permitted, he is deemed to have called, and any additional chips he put into the pot are forfeited to it.

Bet Above Limit. If a player puts in the pot more chips than are permitted by the limit, it stands as a bet of the limit and additional chips are forfeited to the pot. An exception is made in table stakes when a player's bet exceeds the number of chips an opponent has. In that event, the player may withdraw the excess and either bet it in a side pot, or, if no other players are willing or able to meet that bet in the side pot, restore those chips to his stack.

Announcement in Turn of Intention to Pass or Bet. If a player in turn announces that he passes or drops, his announcement is binding whether or not he discards his hand. If a player in turn announces a bet but does not put any chips in the pot, he is bound by his announcement and must, if possible, supply additional chips necessary to bring the bet up to the announced amount.

Announcement Out of Turn of Intention to Pass or Bet. If a player out of turn announces his intention to pass or drop when his turn comes, and then, does not actually discard his hand, or to make a certain bet but does not actually put any chips in the pot, his announcement is void; and he may take any action he chooses when his turn comes. Any other player who acts in reliance upon the announcement does so at his own risk and has no redress.

Bet Out of Turn. If a player puts any chips in the pot out of turn, they remain there, and the play reverts to the player whose turn it was. If any player to the offender's left puts chips in the pot, he has bet out of turn and is equally an offender. When the offender's turn comes, if the chips he put in were insufficient to call, the player may add enough chips to call. If the amount was exactly sufficient to call, he is deemed to have called. If the amount was more than enough to call, the player is deemed to have raised by the amount of the excess but cannot add chips to increase the amount of his raise. If no player before him has bet, he is deemed to have bet the number of chips he put in and any amount above the agreed limit is forfeited to the pot. If the chips he put in were insufficient to call, he may forfeit these chips and drop. However, the player may never add chips to raise or to increase his raise.

Pass Out of Turn. The pass (act of dropping) out of turn is among the most damaging of Poker improprieties, but there is no penalty except by prior agreement of the players. In any case, the offender's hand is dead and he cannot win the pot.

Irregularities in the Showdown. If a player in the showdown announces a hand he does not actually hold, the announcement is void if the error is discovered before the pot has been taken in by any player (including the player who miscalled his hand). "The cards speak for themselves."

Designation of Wild Cards. If, in the showdown, a player orally designates the suit or rank of a wild card in his hand, or implies such designation by announcing a certain hand, he may not change that designation (for example, an announcement of joker J, 10, 9, 8 as "jack-high straight" fixes the joker as a seven). A player may always show his hand without announcement and need not designate the value of a wild card unless another active player requests that he do so.

Concession of a Pot. A player who has discarded his hand after another player's announcement of a higher hand may not later claim the pot - even if the announcement was incorrec