Home Tournament - players eliminated?

[Lottery Larry]

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In a home tournament how do the button and the blinds rotate as players are eliminated. ie. I am under the gun, and the big blind is eliminated, do I miss my BB and am the small blind? What if the BB and SB are both eliminated, do I go straight to the button?

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What you are describing is not often seen, but something similar can be found in some casinos (and online, I've heard). No one can have the button more than once; blinds may be "skipped" or the button may end up with a blind to post.

Typically, the "dead button" rule is used. This is what the other posters are referring to, when the button doesn't move until it is "pulled" by the moving blinds.

In your scenarios:
a) You UTG, BB out. Next hand, you'd be the BB as you should be. There is NO small blind. The button moves to the player who was the SB last hand.
The next hand, you're the SB, player to your left is the BB (as he should be) and the button doesn't move (the old SB has the button twice).
The NEXT hand, button and blinds move as normal.

b) SB and BB both out- you're still the only blind. The button on the previous hand is the button again. Next hand, you're the SB, the button STILL doesn't move, and the BB is to your left. Then you play as normal from there.

Just remember the dead button rule this way- you never miss the BB and the SB "pulls" the button around the table.

Does that help?