home game ruling question

jobless

Quick question on something that came up in a recent home game myself and friends had.

In the the previous hand the big blind had been knocked out, the next hand we have the big blind on his own (blinds 500-1000) and its folded around to the last person to act who throws his last 200 chips in.

I said that the guy with 200 left could only win 400, but someone else said that he could win all of the big blind because no one else had called the big blind.

Who's right?

Lafortezza

I think that he can only win 400 total (his 200 plus 200 from the BB).

RoadSweeper

He can only win what he bet of the BB i.e 200 and 400 in total.


The other 100 goes back to the BB (and will now be in the sb)

Jools Poker

yep as all the above-you can only win the amount you have off any player at the table that has you covered..

Flushdraw

Same as all above. You can never win anymore from one person than you put in yourself. If blinds are 400/800 and you only have 200 left, the most you can win from each person is 200 regardless of whether they are in the blinds or not.

jobless

i thought so myself....but he was adamant that if no one else matched the bid blind then the blind stayed in the pot...effectively giving the buy 5-1 on his money

Jools Poker

lol...yep that's the weird and wonderful world of home game rules! wait til you get someone arguing that their 3 pair beats your 2 pair....or that a five spade board is a split pot even though you have the As in your hand!

BIG-SLICK-POKER

He can only win what he has bet ... simple .. 200 X amount of callers