Deal Seventh, Up Yours
While carousing around the tournament area, we noticed that there was a hand on Table 285 with five up-cards.
Strange, right?
We came to find out that while dealing seventh street, the dealer slipped, and Shawn Sheikhan's seventh card was exposed. The rules state that if one down-card is dealt up, the subsequent cards should be dealt up as well. So, David Fox's seventh card was dealt up, and the boards looked like this.
Sheikhan: (X)(X) /
Fox: (X)(X) /
Sheikhan tossed out a bet, which brought up another question: Can a player bet if his card is exposed? The consensus was yes. The only way a player would be forced to check is if he purposefully exposed the card, which Sheikhan did not.
The bet stood, and Fox opted to make the call. Sheikhan opened up for a ten-six-four, and won the pot.