Dividing Pots
Sep/080
At some point, I believe somebody have already asked you about dividing pots between players who went all in. But the situation I was once into, though quite similar to the other situation presented before by one of your visitors, is actually a reversed one.
Say it’s heads-up between two players and player A has $250 and player B has $50. For an instance player A goes all-in first and eventually player B calls by also going all-in, Then the flop came up Ten, Jack, Ace. Consequently, the turn was a King and the river was a Queen. As a result, it’s a split pot for having the same straight.
What do you think will happen since player A went all in first? Do you think the $300 be divided equally? In other words, player A gets $150 and player B gets $150. Or, do you think, player A should get his $250 back and so as with player B for his $50?
Thanks for your time.
Davon
Davon,
The most a player may win when they are all-in is the amount they went all in for. While player A moved all-in for $250, player B called all-in with only $50. As a result, player A would have $200 of his $250 returned to him before the board is dealt. Therefore, when the pot is split, each player receives $50.
Mucking Against Own Self
Sep/080
Hello,
I drop by because of a particular question about mucking against own self.
For $300 of a $5000 pot, a player let’s say for an instance, player A, was all in. Another player in the person of player B seated on the left side mucked his cards, believing that no one else was in after he made the original bet of $4000 or so. Then, player A with the $300 in the pot claimed that he won as Player B has no cards anymore.
I pronounced that Player A could only win his own stake in the pot, and that Player B was actually just playing against his own self, considering everyone else have folded him. In other words, he was withdrawing against his own self and ways. So what’s the call perhaps?
Great site by the way.
Thanks!
Andrew
Andrew,
In the event above, the most the all in player can win is $1000. Based on what you wrote, player B bet out $4,000 of the $5,000 after player A is all in. The $4,000 would be returned to player B.
Regarding the $1,000 main pot, in a casino a floor person would be called. The all-in player does not automatically win the pot. If the hand had not hit the muck pile yet, the cards would be given back to the player. If the card had hit the muck pile, then usually a player is taken aside and asked his hand. The floor person then searches the muck pile for his two cards and the hand continues.
Rules require that an all in player and his opponent must show their hands when heads up. While it is true player B was careless, he will not be penalized for his carelessness.