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Posted Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:46 pm GMT by daisydog
Please settle an argument that's endangering the peace in my family! I'd love to hear from as many people as possible, even if you all have the same opinion...
Four of us played Texas Holdem the other night like we have many times: $10 buy-in, everyone gets 40 chips, and everyone antes 1 chip per hand (we don't do blinds).
Tad was first out. Mark was second out. Ben and I were left to play and as it got late Ben's wife said they had to go soon, so I said "Ben, since we have an equal number of chips, do you want to split the pot so you can go home?" He said yes. Mark (second man out) through a fit and said what we did was wrong and "in bad form". I think he's WAY off base. Were we wrong to end the game that way?
Thank you so much for your help!
DaisyDog
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Posted Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:00 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
It's none of Mark's business what deal you decide on with Ben.
Posted Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:06 pm GMT by suitedaces84
I think you're in the right. But then again, I'm the kind of guy who will give a bad beat and only offer a sarcastic apology.
Posted Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:38 am GMT by K-rug
It is totally up to the two of you. In fact, several times the two people at the final table of the wsop have split the winnings.
Posted Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:03 pm GMT by supafrey
Yeah.. splitting or not, couldn't you have just as easily said one person "concedes" and then accidentally give the other person their half share?
Posted Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:49 pm GMT by golddog
Bad dog!
Just kidding.
I go along with everyone else. The only way I can see Mark having a point is if your games are normally winner-take-all. Even then, if one of you (the eventual winner) is willing to give up their half, I guess that's their prerogative.
Posted Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:52 pm GMT by jeff_lebowski
chop chop-
the second guy out has not say in the deal, he has no part of the pot anyway.
Posted Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:30 am GMT by Muck
What payout structure did you agree on? As golddog said if it was winner take all then I can understand the guys annoyance since his strategy might have been different if he new he could cut a deal if he made it to heads up.
Have you discussed/made deals before?
Does that home poker tournament site everyone references have a template house rules you can just print out? It might be time to make your home games more official to avoid these kind of disputes.
Posted Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:18 pm GMT by Smoothice
I think it is just a friendly game and everyone has to just take t easy! It's $40 for christs sakes!
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:56 am GMT by Cyberhwk
I think a chop is a legatimate move.
In fact I just saw a completely bizzare ending in a poker room where they finished up a tourney by paying off the short stack then chopping the rest of the pot between the top two.
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:11 am GMT by Silhouette
Chops are not only legitimate, they're quite common.
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