Ruling Needed on Bounties

[Gambit]

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Bounty is awarded for knocking out a player.

Player A didn't knock out Player B. It was the bigstack who took the final chips from player B, and therefore he/she gets the bounty chip.

[/ QUOTE ]I agree. My way to evaluate bounties is: Imagine the player's last chip has a gold star on it. That chip is worth $5 more. The gold-star chip went into the main pot, not the side, so the all-in had no chance to win the starred chip.

On a side note, how do you handle split pots with bounties? Do two players split a bounty, or is it first come, first serve?
-Sam

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Good question regarding split pots. In a split pot, I would split the bounty as well. Looks like I have another rule to add...

BTW, I agree that big stack (C) would be entitled to the bounty in the original poll question.