Tag Archive | "tournament"

Correcting a Dealer During a Tournament

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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I was at the final table of a tournament with four players left. A player in the small blind moved all-in with Ac-Jd and was called by the big blind holding Ac-Ks. The big blind only had the small blind covered by a small amount. The board ran out Kd-6s-Ad-2d-3d. After [...]

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Taking a Break

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hello, I would like to ask something but I don’t know if it would make sense. What will you do if you want to use the facilities or want to get some of the free grub? Will you leave your chips or take them with you in case? Another thing, what if while you are gone, one [...]

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When a Player Bets Out of Turn

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hello, I’m just thinking if what happens next when another player at the table bets out of turn? Any rule to consider? Thanks in advance. Regards, Matthew Gilberg Matthew, When a player bets out of turn, their bet stands if nobody acts before it indeed become his turn to bet. If someone bets before it’s his turn, then he [...]

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Hitting One of the Community Cards

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hey there! In a recent tournament, a situation came up. I remember then that after the flop, I went all-in. Later, I had one caller for it. Well, it was the first hand of the tournament therefore both of us were all-in. I was then the dealer and when the time to flipped my two cards [...]

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My Cards Were Not Mucked!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hello, At a local casino yesterday, I played at a 3/6 limit holdem table. I remember I had K 10 unsuited then. Flop came and was K Q 10, rainbow. At some point, I was confident having my 2 pair because I was the one who started the betting and another thing, no one raised [...]

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Purposely Revealing Your Cards

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hi, In one of the recently held tourneys, I was dealt pocket Queens and then sent my 7000 chips into the pot. By the way, this one happened when 9 out of 50 players remained for the pot. Later on one player called and one guy at the near end of the table was figuring things [...]

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Seeing the Mucked Cards

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hello, I’d start by sharing that for three times a week, I play live N/L tournaments near my hometown. There’s one player I usually encounter in my games. I believe he is one of the best amongst the locals and I heard he runs the NL tournaments. Just last week, I saw him and actually got [...]

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It Was Not a Misdeal!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hi, In the tournament I was into last night, the hand was dealt to the river by which both players went all-in and a player was eliminated. Quite bothering, right after the hands were flipped and the pot was awarded, some of us at the table noticed that there was an extra card flopped that was [...]

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