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A Live Ruling
Eyeman
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This is a hypothetical situation, but it must have occurred from time to time in live play...I'm wondering what happens.
We have a scenario where you have been playing a few hours, and the smallest value chips are about to be run off at the next break (let's assume it's the 25s). Last hand before the break, 2 players go all in, and the smaller stack doubles up leaving the bigger stack on (let's say) 75 chips.
What happens when the 25s are run off? It is conceivable that this player returns from the break to find himself (or herself) eliminated without losing a hand when all in committed. What's the rule?
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p.s g are you gunna toddle down to luton ill have 10% of ya
Most tournaments have antes, and the 25s are normally taken out at a break when the antes are about to go up to 100 (or 200 if there is a 150 ante level)
Either way you are still going to be automatically all in first hand when you sit back down.
Would you bother ?
As penguin says usually theres antes so this would be unlikley that youd get more than one hand anyways, however in one eent i know antes dont come in till late in the tournament well after the 25's are raced off.
Chip race rule: Race-off is defined as removal of a denomination chip no longer in use. When it is time to color-up chips, they will be raced off with a maximum of one chip going to any player. The chip race will always start at the first player left of the dealer. A player cannot be raced out of a Tournament. In the event that a player has only one chip remaining, the regular race procedure will take place. If that player loses the race, he or she will be given one chip of the smallest denomination still in play. Players found to have lower denomination chips remaining in their stack after the race-off will forfeit those chips unless they are equivalent in value to a chip still in play. Players are encouraged to witness the chip race.
I was intrigued enough to look this situation up on a couple of websites. This is from the WSOP rules, and seems the most common interpretation.
And of course I kept on reading...............Did you know that if four or more players turn up to play the final table wearing clothing bearing the same sponsors logo, they have to cut cards to decide who has to go and change ? ?
Does reading this mean I am becoming a poker geek ?
11. The lowest denomination of chip in play will be removed from the table when it is no longer needed in the blind or ante structure. All lower-denomination chips that are of sufficient quantity for a new chip will be changed up directly. The method for removal of odd chips is to deal one card to a player for each odd chip possessed. Cards are dealt clockwise starting with the 1-seat, with each player receiving all cards before any cards are dealt to the next player. A player may not be eliminated from the event by the chip-change process. If a player has no chips after the race has been held, he will be given a chip of the higher denomination before anyone else is awarded a chip. Next, the player with the highest card by suit gets enough odd chips to exchange for one new chip, the second-highest card gets to exchange for the next chip, and so forth, until all the lower-denomination chips are exchanged. If an odd number of lower-denomination chips are left after this process, the player with the highest card remaining will receive a new chip if he has half or more of the quantity of lower-denomination chips needed, otherwise nothing.