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rule question: leftover chips with a split pot

  • 02-05-2006 10:06am
    #1
    jacQues
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    I am pretty sure I've got this one right but better safe than sorry. When there is a single chip left of the smallest value in a split pot situation, that chip goes to the first player in the showdown on the left of the button...right? But, what happens if there are two extra chips with three or four players? Does one of them go to that player and the next to the next player sitting to the left?

    jacQues


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  • #2
    5starpool
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    if there are 4 players in a split pot and there are 3 odd chips then the first 3 players to the left of the button get a chip each. The person furthest from the button (including on the button) gets the smaller share of the split pot.


  • #3
    jacQues
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    5starpool wrote:
    if there are 4 players in a split pot and there are 3 odd chips then the first 3 players to the left of the button get a chip each. The person furthest from the button (including on the button) gets the smaller share of the split pot.
    That is what I thought but wasn't 100% sure of. Thanks a million!

    jacQues


  • #4
    RoundTower
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    5starpool wrote:
    if there are 4 players in a split pot and there are 3 odd chips then the first 3 players to the left of the button get a chip each. The person furthest from the button (including on the button) gets the smaller share of the split pot.

    This is normal in real life but I recently noticed one online site (I think Pokerstars) where all 3 chips went to the player closest to the button.


  • #5
    cardshark202
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    Just a reminder that its the first three players left of the button in the next hand. For example, the current SB should not be one of the players to get the extra chip.


  • #6
    5starpool
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    cardshark202 wrote:
    Just a reminder that its the first three players left of the button in the next hand. For example, the current SB should not be one of the players to get the extra chip.

    This is not true in the Fitz at least.


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  • #7
    cardshark202
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    I think it is but the ruling is constantly misinterpreted. Giving the person next on the button an extra chip makes no sense. If you see it happening on your table you should point it out.


  • #8
    5starpool
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    It always happens that way and I had no reason to think it should happen differently. Marq/Richie/Nick/Dave M/Mark, thoughts on this bit?


  • #9
    RoundTower
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    Dominic is correct.


  • #10
    cardshark202
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    RoundTower wrote:
    Dominic is correct.

    Well its just wrong so. I'm definately gonna have a word with Luke on this one.


  • #11
    biteme
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    cardshark202 wrote:
    Just a reminder that its the first three players left of the button in the next hand. For example, the current SB should not be one of the players to get the extra chip.


    Dunno where you got the next bit from. The reasoning behind giving the extra chips to the player or players to the left of the button is that they have been at the greatest positional disadvantage for the hand. Having the position of the button in the next hand determin anything that happens in the current hand makes no sense. Each hand is meant to be a separate entity.


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  • #12
    Rnger
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    cardshark202 wrote:
    I think it is but the ruling is constantly misinterpreted. Giving the person next on the button an extra chip makes no sense. If you see it happening on your table you should point it out.

    What reasoning do you have behind this?

    The player in the SB is at a disadvantage through out the entire hand against all the other players. He should be rewarded the extra chip because of this. The subsequent hand has nothing to do with it. Thats my theory anyway


  • #13
    cooker3
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    cardshark202 wrote:
    Just a reminder that its the first three players left of the button in the next hand. For example, the current SB should not be one of the players to get the extra chip.


    This makes no sense to me, what has the next hand got to do with this, surely only positions in this hand should matter as that is how pot came about and therefore sb in the hand is first to receive extra chip. I can't see the logic in doing it any other way.


  • #14
    cardshark202
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    biteme wrote:
    Dunno where you got the next bit from. The reasoning behind giving the extra chips to the player or players to the left of the button is that they have been at the greatest positional disadvantage for the hand. Having the position of the button in the next hand determin anything that happens in the current hand makes no sense. Each hand is meant to be a separate entity.

    My original belief was that it goes to the left of the button in the next hand because these players will be next in the blinds. But what you say sounds more correct. Maybe I should delete every post I made in this thread.:o


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