Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

trying to resolve a friendly dispute.

Greg

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

First player left of the dealer.

Cody

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

[ QUOTE ]
First player left of the dealer.

[/ QUOTE ]

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

If that player is on the button doesn't he get it?

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

[ QUOTE ]
If that player is on the button doesn't he get it?

[/ QUOTE ]

From Robert's Rules of Poker

Under "Ties"

5. If two or more hands tie, an odd chip will be awarded as follows:

(a) In a button game, the first hand clockwise from the button gets the odd chip.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

We just leave it in the middle for the next pot

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

Thats why we were confused. It seems to be given to the person with the best position as long as they arn't the dealer.

The guy who I was arguing with was saying that it should go to the person out of position always.

I just wonder why the dealer never can get the chip. Also in the casino's I have routinely seen the dealer give it to the person with the highest suited card. However, I noticed that the rules specifically say that this is not supposed to be the case.

Greg

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

I agree with jzpiano here, we leave it in the pot for the next hand. Many players at home games aren't aware of all the rules and will not be happy if someone else get the chip when their hand was just as good. Since most game are just for fun everyone is happy to leave it in the pot most of the time.

Now if your game aren't just for fun and you don't agree with that then it's the responsability of the host to maintain a book of rules and make sure that everyone understand it. I wouldn't like a home game with that kind of competivity though...home games are suppose to be fun beyond winning money.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

It's always to the player with worst position. That's the rules.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

[ QUOTE ]
It's always to the player with worst position. That's the rules.

[/ QUOTE ]

OK Steve. Thats not the rules [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

BTW, we were not even arguing over a hand. We were just arguing the point.

If this is you Steve , you owe me a dollar.

Greg

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

I believe it goes to the first person to the left of the dealer button.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

Huh?

Worst position IE first guy to the left of the dealer button which happens to be the same thing. For instance there are 8 players. Let's say 8 is the dealer, 1 is first position, 2 and 7 split the pot, if there is extra chip to split, 2 gets it. IE the lower number gets IE, the player in the worst position. wow, this is brain surgery.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

[ QUOTE ]
Huh?

Worst position IE first guy to the left of the dealer button which happens to be the same thing. For instance there are 8 players. Let's say 8 is the dealer, 1 is first position, 2 and 7 split the pot, if there is extra chip to split, 2 gets it. IE the lower number gets IE, the player in the worst position. wow, this is brain surgery.

[/ QUOTE ]

Got it that makes a lot more sense. For some reason I was reading clockwise but thinking counter clockwise. My mother is a whore.

Greg

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

the guy who's high card is of the highest ranked suit (spades hearts diamonds clubs) or just leave it in for the next pot

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

we leave it in the pot also, seems to make everyone happy, and it actually seems to stimulate action on the next hand. Don't know why people are eager to get in the pot for that one extra $10 chip, but it does.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

[ QUOTE ]
It's always to the player with worst position. That's the rules.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is the rule. Why are people arguing about it? Of course a house game can change any rule they want and that is fine, but "worst position gets the chip" is always the standard rule.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

In our home game we either leave it in the middle or draw high card gets it. Most people like the second way as it's 50/50 for "their" chip

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

In high/low games I've always played that it goes to the high hand. Of course, the real thing to do is just decide which way you like best, and make sure everyone knows the rule before you start playing. Making all of your house rules clear from the very begining solves so many problems.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

At my home game, since it's a friendly game, I give the extra chip to the person w/ the better hand preflop; i.e. AJ gets it vs. A2 on a A88Q4 board... If the hand is the same, I'll give it to the suited hand, and if it's exactly the same, I give it to the person closet to the dealer.

have a nice day,
ChipsAhoya

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

I am a dealer, and the rules are that the extra chip goes to the first of the left of the dealer, but if it is a high-low split pot game, the extra chip always goes to the high hand. Also, if there are several pots, like a side pot, then you split each one individually, rather than put them together. Sometimes you end up giving one player 2 or more extra chips, one from each pot. Also, if ay two people split a low hand, and one takes the high, you chop the pot, give the extra chip to the high hand, and then chop the rest of the pot, and give that extra chip to position.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

Milk challenge.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

whomever is the biggest male or cutest girl. or who is OOP

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

Silly. Just go with the rule.

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

"My mother is a whore"

You're grounded for a month

Re: Chop Pot: How do you decide who gets the extra chip?
 

I also follow the standard of "closest to left of the button"

Using the high card in hand/high suit rule can work also, if you set that up beforehand.

Make one single/simple rule so there is no argument about "arbitrary" favoritism in chip decisions.

(Of course, if there's a fight about a solitary low-denom chip, then someone needs to get dropped from the invitation list)