No Limit Hold'em Tournament Ruling

[jdlca]

I also posted this on the General Theory forum, but it was suggested this might be a better forum. I would appreciate input on the correct ruling for the following No-Limit Hold'em tournament situation:

Blinds are T200 - T400, UTG raises to T1000. SB calls and BB goes all in for T1200. UTG then reraises all-in for T2900 total. It is my belief that because the BB only raised T200 (minimum non all-in raise would be T600 more), UTG does not have the option to reraise. He can only call the T200 raise. Is this correct? If so, what would be the minimum all-in raise that that would allow the UTG player to reraise?

Thanks in advance.

[Greg (FossilMan)]

You are correct. A player with plenty of chips, who wishes to raise, would have to raise at least T600 more, since the last raise was by T600. Only somebody going all-in (as happened in your case) is allowed to raise for less.

If somebody does go all-in, there are two prevailing rules.

One rule says that if the all-in is for less than a full raise, even by one chip, then it is not really a raise, and it does not reopen the betting. In other rooms, the rule is if the all-in raise is half or more of the full raise, it reopens the betting.

I am not aware of any public poker-room or casino that has any third rule, though I'm sure they're out there somewhere.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

[Bozeman]

Party Poker has really messed up rules. Once, after a reasonable allin raise, I had no raise option. Another time, I called an allin for 1/5 bb more in the bb, and was forced out by a limp-reraiser when the action should have been closed. What is their rule?

Craig