Scenario - All in + sidebetting ???

zepplin · 30-09-2005 3:33pm #1

hello,

last night myself and a few lads played our first texas hold'em tournament together. Myself and one of the other lads had a differing opinion on the following scenario.
Players A, B and C are in a pot together, before the flop. Player A goes ALL IN, player B calls, as does player C. Now the flop is turned over, Player B checks it to C, and C puts a bet down. Player B however says that he doesnt want to side bet and won't call the bet and also refuses to fold. He says that because he has the same ammount of chips in as player A that he has just as much right to view all the cards and win the hand without placing or calling any bets!?!?

Now i myself see this as player B folding and therefore completely out of the hand... The reason C placed the bet was to scare him from the pot and keep player A all to himself

.
Anyways the fella that thought otherwise is a hard man to argue with and we ended up playin the rest of the night with his own personal variation of the Texas Hold'em card game.

I just want somebody to confirm on here that this is not the way to play the game, so as we aren't playin his crap for the rest of the year!!!

ianmc38 · 30-09-2005 3:36pm

Must do side bets.

Culchie · 30-09-2005 3:36pm

You are correct

themole · 30-09-2005 3:43pm

i would agree with the above.

you are correct

zepplin · 30-09-2005 3:59pm

thank you.... im just gonna have to print out a full set of the rules to refer to when stuff like this pops up again

Ste05 · 30-09-2005 4:04pm

All-in protection (as it's known) is only for the player who is all-in ...... not the whole table ...... must do side bets.

Fathead · 30-09-2005 4:15pm

Zepplin the following site is great for all info regarding setting up home games. has a comprehensive rule book/list as well..

http://www.homepokertourney.com/

zepplin · 30-09-2005 4:19pm

cheers man, seems a useful site

Fathead · 30-09-2005 4:27pm

no problem,

Tyr · 01-10-2005 3:20am

god those guys who cant admit they are wrong. Played live whit one just like that . Board card was 2,3,4,5,9 I had 6 high str8 and he had an A. So he starts right away explaining the A is always highest in the str8. I think we argued for 2 hours and then split the pot. Always good to make rules

[Jackass] · 01-10-2005 6:17pm

The rules of the game are just that any player can afford to enter a hand, otherwise whoever has the most chips could just muscle everyone out of the pot everytime.

Once you go all in, any amount bet by other players above that, and from the future rounds of betting goes into the side pot, also in the interest of fariness, so someone who goes all in with 10 chips cant win a entire pot they didn't contribute to.

Of course your right!

Scenario - All in + sidebetting ???

Comments