misdeal (cards)
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A misdeal in card games is an error by the dealer which calls for a re-deal and/or a penalty.{{cite book
| title = The Official Rules of Card Games – Hoyle Up-To-Date
| publisher = Read Books Limited
| year = 2014
| isbn = 978-1-4733-9540-4
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-nB-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT177
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 177
| quote = Misdealing.—The following are misdeals, the penalty for which is 2 points (scored immediately by opponent): 1. Failure to have pack cut. 2. Dealing a card incorrectly, and failing to correct the error before dealing another card. 3. Exposing a ...
}} The rules for a misdeal and penalty vary according to the game. A misdeal is sometimes called by miscounting, or when two cards stick together.{{cite book
| author = The Recent Beginner
| title = Enjoy Beginning Bridge: How to Enjoy Learning Beginning Bridge
| publisher = AuthorHouse
| year = 2009
| isbn = 978-1-4490-0861-1
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=e4YHoZgHUSEC&pg=PA17
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 17
| quote = After ensuring that there has been no misdeal, the players sort their hands, usually by suit and rank within each suit and begin the play of the tricks.
}} Sometimes, when a misdeal is detected, a new hand is dealt.{{cite book
| last = Furman
| first = T.M.
| title = The Ethics of Poker
| publisher = McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers
| year = 2017
| isbn = 978-1-4766-2785-4
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TNcuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA200
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 200
| quote = Misdeal: A misdeal is a hand that is dealt improperly—a player not receiving a card or too many cards, for example. If a misdeal is detected early enough, the cards are returned to the dealer and a new hand is dealt.
| last = Greiner
| first = R.
| title = The Everyday Guide to Recreational Poker
| publisher = Everyday Endeavors Llc
| series = The Everyday Guide to
| year = 2005
| isbn = 978-0-9769703-0-9
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=o1XT0_QQbcwC&pg=PA37
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 37
| quote = Facing a non-repairable misdeal, the right thing to do is to declare the game scratched and re-deal.
}} In most games a misdeal, and recall of the cards, does not prevent the same player dealing again.{{cite book
| last = Wood
| first = C.
| last2 = Goddard
| first2 = G.
| title = The Complete Book of Games
| publisher = Garden City
| year = 1940
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jCRwAAAAMAAJ
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 40
| quote = The rules covering misdeals are approximately the same for all card games. In general, a misdeal does not lose the deal; the cards are collected, shuffled, cut and dealt again by the same player.
}}
Sometimes game book authors or tournament organisers may lay down specific misdeal rules in e.g. Pinochle,{{cite book
| last = Resnicoff
| first = S.
| title = Corners; Commuters' Pinochle
| publisher = Pageant Press
| year = 1968
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8CLwAAAAMAAJ
| language = de
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 10
| quote = A pinochle deck consists of forty-eight cards. ... A misdeal automatically occurs when cards are inadvertently turned face up by the dealer, or where one of the players has more than twelve cards in his immediate view.
| last = Rigal
| first = B.
| last2 = Sharif
| first2 = O.
| title = Card Games For Dummies
| publisher = Wiley
| year = 2011
| isbn = 978-1-118-05476-5
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YwNRBhrODQ4C&pg=PT178
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 178
| quote = Some variations of Spades allow a player to call for a misdeal before the bidding if his hand satisfies certain conditions.
}} and Euchre.{{cite book
| last = Meehan
| first = C.H.W.
| title = The Law and Practice of the Games of Euchre
| publisher = T. B. Peterson & brothers
| year = 1862
| url = https://archive.org/details/lawandpracticeg00meehgoog
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = [https://archive.org/details/lawandpracticeg00meehgoog/page/n83 92]
| quote = No player is permitted to take up, or to look at, his cards during the deal, and should a misdeal ensue in consequence of such impropriety, the dealer does not lose his privilege, and may deal anew. It must be considered a misdeal, however, ...
| last = Bumppo
| first = N.
| title = The Columbus Book of Euchre
| publisher = Borf Books
| year = 1999
| isbn = 978-0-9604894-6-6
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kWtOlQ4GeacC&pg=PA19
| access-date = 30 September 2018
| page = 19
}}