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klink1983klink1983
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hey, its klink.....im new, and relatively new to the game of poker.

theres 1 thing that i havent figured out yet about poker

-split pot

how does it work, how do you do it, etc. etc. :fish:

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  • klink1983klink1983
    yeah im new to playing poker, and even newer to this forum.

    the one thing ive yet to figure out is how a split pot works etc.

    enlighten me please
  • Hork42Hork42
    What specifically about a split pot do you want to know?

    Are you talking about a game where the pot is split, high/low? Or about when a player is shortstacked and side pots are created?
  • DrTyoreDrTyore
    Split pot only occurrs is two people have an identical valued hand... for example

    you hold A 4

    I hold A 7

    Board ends up something like 10-10-4-J-J

    In this case, you have two pair (10's and J's) with an Ace kicker, as do I.  You would have had two pair (10's and 4's), but the running jacks counterfeited that hand.

    Since we both have the same hand then, we split the pot.  Let's say the pot total is $500, we both get $250.  If you want to get tricky though, let's say the pot is $1125 in a tourney, and your lowest chip denomination is $25, then the pot is split $550 each, with the extra $25 chip going to the person closest to the button (SB - BB - UTG etc...).

    Now, let's say are three players, and one goes all in for $500, but both you and I bet $1000.  That means there is a main pot of $1500 (3rd players $500, your call, my call of that) and a side pot of $1000 (my extra $500 and your extra $500).  Let's say it ends up that both the all-in player and myself have AA, and you have KK.  The board ends up 2-7-9-10-5.  You would be out your $1000, and I would win the side pot of 1000.  The main pot would be split between the 3rd player and myself, earning each of us $750.  The 3rd player has no stake in the side pot, so he cannot win any of it.  

    Hope that helped... BTW... don't play any hi/lo games until you REALLY get this concept, or else your gonna hate quartering.

    Mark
  • dunksdunks
    It's pretty simple:

    If, at the end of the hand, your hand is the same as your opponents and there are only the two of you in the hand, you divide the pot evenly between you. If there is any left over money(the pot was an odd number), that extra money ususally goes to the person closest to the dealer on his left.
  • RivaflushRivaflush
    i always found that an odd rule.....i just learned that "person closest to the dealer" rule recently....it's a weird one!
    Typically, in my home games, i just leave it in the pot for the next hand..
    Welcome klink..where are you from?
  • GrahamGraham
    are you sure you don't mean a side pot(s)?

    Welcome to pokerforum.ca klink :)
  • dunksdunks
    sloth wrote:
    are you sure you don't mean a side pot(s)?

    Welcome to pokerforum.ca klink :)

    That's what I was thinking. If not, I guess you have to start somewhere.
  • UnknownUnknown
    Main pots and side pots 101.

    Let's say it's a tournament, with blinds of 50/100.

    An early position player moves all-in with a total of 1000 chips, holding QQ.

    A middle position player moves all-in with a total of 2000 chips, holding KK.

    A late position player moves all-in with a total of 3000 chips, holding AA.

    The blinds fold.

    The main pot is created first.  This would be the only pot that the early position (EP) player would be eligible to win.  It would contain his 1000 chips, plus 1000 of the MP's chips, plus 1000 of the LP's chips, plus the small (50) and big (100) blinds.  The main pot would be a total of 3150, and that would be all that the EP player can win.  As you can see, he can't win any more chips from any player that he himself didn't already have.

    Side pot #1 would contain the extra 1000 from MP, plus 1000 from LP, for a total of 2000 chips.  Again, MP can't win any more chips from any play that he himself didn't already have.

    Side pot #2 wouldn't be necessary, because no player lef in the hand had more chips than LP.  Therefore, LP would simply take his extra 1000 back.

    All 3 players are eligible to win the main pot.  Only the MP and LP players are eligible for the side.

    So let's say the board ends up being Qs 8c 9d Th 3c. 

    The EP player would take down the main pot with his set of queens.  The side pot would go to the LP player with his aces.  MP would be eliminated from the tournament.

    If you have any questions, feel free to ask.  Welcome to the forum!
  • westside8westside8
    Quiane wrote:
    i always found that an odd rule.....i just learned that "person closest to the dealer" rule recently....it's a weird one!
    Typically, in my home games, i just leave it in the pot for the next hand..
    Welcome klink..where are you from?

    The only "person closest to the dealer" rule I'm aware of (well..its not even closest to the dealer, its first to act) is should a pot not be able to be split evenly (pot is 11, two players, assuming no 0.5 chip in play), the person first to act will be awarded the extra chip.
  • UnknownUnknown
    Yes... put another way, whoever had the disadvantage of playing the hand out of position gets rewarded with the extra chip.
  • ScottyZScottyZ
    An odd chip (in holdem) is awarded to the player to the immediate left of the dealer button if he is to be awarded some part of the pot, otherwise to that person's immediate left, etc.

    A simpler way to think of it is that the player with worst post-flop postion relative to the button is awarded the odd chip.

    It has nothing to do with which player acted first. For example, if the UTG player moves all-in pre-flop and only the BB calls resulting in a split pot, the BB would receive the odd chip even though the UTG player was first to act.

    ScottyZ
  • westside8westside8
    ScottyZ wrote:
    An odd chip (in holdem) is awarded to the player to the immediate left of the dealer button if he is to be awarded some part of the pot, otherwise to that person's immediate left, etc.

    A simpler way to think of it is that the player with worst post-flop postion relative to the button is awarded the odd chip.

    It has nothing to do with which player acted first. For example, if the UTG player moves all-in pre-flop and only the BB calls resulting in a split pot, the BB would receive the odd chip even though the UTG player was first to act.

    ScottyZ

    That is what I meant Scotty, thanks for the clarification.
  • klink1983klink1983
    thanks for all of the help guys :fish: :D
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