Burn/Ing Card ( blackjack)


A card taken off the deck - at the beginning of a new deck or shoe after it has been shuffled and before
you start dealing or when a new dealer comes on duty or in the middle of a hand if a card comes out of the shoe
by mistake which the dealer slides across the table from his/her left on the right and puts into the discard rack face
down or sometimes merely placed under the deck face up. This card is discarded "burned".
The card may or may not be shown face up (which can affect the count if you are counting cards).
It is procedure to burn a card when you are relieved to go on break. In hand-held games it is never shown.
In multi-deck games it may be shown on request at some casinos.