December 25, 2008 by scabros.

Posting the blinds in heads-up play…

Hi everyone,

It happens often that, in the last 3 players remained, the BB is eliminated and the game turns in heads-up play. Now, generally is obvious that when the BB is busted out, the very next hand only the BB is paid. So I used to do, in my poker room, even in these situations when players reduce from 3 to 2.

But the last night, one player complained that as seen he had to pay the BB, the dealer had to post his SB too. I noticed him that actually, the SB was the same payer who paid the SB the last hand also. So, it’d be uncorrect for him to pay the same blind twice in a row, and the rule declares that in the next hand, only the BB is forced to be paid before the flop.

Am I right? Can anyone help me in this topic?

Thanks to everybody and Merry Xmas too

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December 9, 2008 by Bravo228.

Rule #8 states that A player must be at his or her seat by the time all players have been dealt complete initial hands in order to have a live hand.  Players must be at their seat to call time.  So with that in mind, what does At Your Seat mean to you as a Tournament Director?  To me, it means the player must be sitting in their seat.  That way, there is no confusion as to what At Your Seat means.

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December 8, 2008 by Profire.

Hello,

This is my first post and i have been reading these things for a day!  I would like to pose a hypothetical situation and get others thoughts.

Firstly i have summised the acting out of turn rules and noted a difference in interpretation.

TDA
30 Verbal Declarations - Verbal declarations in turn are binding. Action out of turn may be binding and will be binding if the action to that player has not changed. A check, call, or fold is not considered action changing.

Roberts
10. Deliberately acting out of turn will not be tolerated. A player who checks out of turn may not bet or raise on the next turn to act. An action or verbal declaration out of turn may be ruled binding if there is no bet, call, or raise by an intervening player acting after the infraction has been committed.

NB: In Roberts Rules a ‘call’ is considered action changing.
If in a situation with 3 players - A (6000), B (5600), and C (12000).

A pushes all in. C Declares i will go all in too but out of turn. B decides to push all in as well.

Would you force C to commit to the bet under either of these rules?  Or would you consider the action has changed enough to allow C to reconsider. Given C now faces odds of 3/1 and if the pot is lost would be at a significant chip shortage.

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November 16, 2008 by DJ.

Is there a TDA rule that specifies how a shuffle should be done.

I know the industry standard is riffle(x2) strip(x3) riffle, then box. Is it written anywhere ?

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October 30, 2008 by thornny.

pls help,  came to the end of a hand,  two players left in hand,  each had the same hand,  easy  huh?? split pot??  then one player discovered he had been dealt three cards.  what happens???

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September 22, 2008 by coldtalk.

 Cash game. Player take a seat immediately after the big blind and post a live blind. We had  a few confusion about when is his turn to act, will it be immediately after the big blind or should we skip him and ask him the last to act. IMO thinking that we should follow the normal turn but recently had some discusion about entering in the game and possible advantage of that player position.

Next  question is how many live straddle bets is allowed and optional in game.What if someone objects about placement of 4 or more live straddle bets.

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September 14, 2008 by Sonny.

   I am having a problem locating a rule, in either favor on a chip stacking issue. First, does it say anywhere, that chips MUST be stacked? If so, does each stack have to contain the same color chips? How many chips in a stack? How many chips can there be max in a stack etc? Here is the issue. I have a player in my league, who insists on keeping her chips in a lump. At some points, there is at least 100-150 chips in a pile in front of her, nothing stacked. And of course, she is superstitious. Other players complain that they cannot get an accurate count. I know she does not have to give an accurate count, but she must have all her chips visible. I do force her to have the largest denomination chips on top of the stack, in plain sight. Anytime she makes a bet, she always declares the amount, and gathers the bet and puts it in neatly, in a stack, but she will not stack her chips. When she goes all in, she will stack them, to enable us to count correctly. If she wins a pot, she just lumps them again in front. I cannot find any clear rules, other than her largest denom chips must be visible, and that is being satisfied. Any help here?

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September 9, 2008 by khalade.

Hello All,

My question is pretty simple but I wanted to verify my information before I passed it along.  If a person has begun a tournament or bought into the tournament persay, and they play a few rounds but then have to leave the tournament what happens to their chips?  For example, if they had to respond to an emergency and couldn’t finish out the tournament how should they officially be handled?

Thanks,

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August 29, 2008 by frenchflush.

Hello,

Let’s try to find a “regular” solution about this kind of case (knowing we will allways have to make special decisions):

NLH tournament - 5 players at the turn - pot 700 - player A goes all-in for 500 - B, C & D folds - A (forgetting E) throws his cards faces down in the middle - the dealer reach it quickly before it touch anything (to save it & give it back to A) while E is saying “I call” and push his chips in the middle - E pretend that A folded & ask for the floor … E made absoluely nothing meaning a fold befora A made his mistake … for information : A has the winning hand at 100% (E is drawing dead) …

For me the important point is that A is all-in (if not it would be more simple) … but I hate to have a player eliminated on a stupid error … anyway I’m ready to listen for some of your straight opinion with respect & apply it: should the players be protected or put into their responsabilities of adults … this is the real question!).

Your opinion ?

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August 7, 2008 by talisman.

Hello All,

First post here and would love some insight…Do other poker rooms have a specific rule that covers players being at the table for the duration of a hand to be eligible to win a pot?

Scenario — No laughing now….(cash game 5/5 NL 100-500 spread)Player A allin preflop with 9d10c called by Player B with KcKs. Pot size is about $200.

Both hands are tabled and dealer deals flop (lets say rags 2d 5d 5h) at which point Player A decides he cannot win and leaves the poker pit, and then the casino (exit is close by)…

Unobservant dealer is not even aware that the player has left, deals the turn (a diamond) and the river (another diamond)…and then ships the pot to Player B at which point it is noticed there are 4 diamonds on the board and the raggedy Player A 9d10c wouldve won the pot!

We have no specific Poker rule that states what happens but there is a Poker etiquette policy (which may or may not have any legal standing)which states players must be at the table for the duration of a hand to be eligible to win the pot.

We do have a get out of jail rule which says “In the event that a situation is not covered under the rules of Poker, then the casino managament will make a fair and equitable decision that protects the integrity of the game of Poker.

So Question……Who would win the pot?? Does a casino have a responsibility to keep the money that “wouldve” been won by Player A and make every effort to locate him.

Poker Supervisor decision was to give the pot to the only eligible Player at the table in this case was Player B even though he had the losing hand per se…The argument was that Player A had abandoned his hand and therefore any chance of winning the pot and soon as he left the Poker Room (of his own accord)

Thanks for any insight…

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