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In a Texas hold em tournament, small blind is $1000 and big blind is $2000. After the flop the player to the left of the dealer goes all in but is short of the blind. He has $1200. The question is, does the next player have to meet the bet or do they have to meet the blind?

Steve M

Hi.

Please can you answer the following question for me? There are 8 players at the table and blinds are 500/1000. Player A posts the 500 Small Blind. Player B posts the 1000 Big Blind. Players C to G all fold without calling, leaving only Player H to call. Player H only has 400 chips and goes All In, so we now have Player H with a 400 bet, Player A with Small Blind of 500 and Player B with Big Blind of 1000.

Player A (the Small Blind) chooses to fold and forfeit their Small Blind of 500 chips, leaving only Player B with 1000 blind and Player H with 400 All In.

When the hands are declared, they both have exactly the same hole cards, so it's a split pot. However, who should win the folded Small Blind (500)? Does it get split between both players, or does Player A (Big Blind) take it all, as Player H couldn't even meet the Small Blind?

This actually happened in a game tonight and caused a huge argument! Half said Player H wasn't entitled to the 500 Small Blind, as she'd only bet 400 in the first place and the other half said it should be split equally!

What SHOULD have happened, please?

With sincere thanks

Fiona

Dear webmaster, I am Sasan from Iran.

My question is about pre-flop reraising. Let's say, there is a table in which blinds are 20 and 40$. Player A is the first one to act and has 1000$ and raises to 200. Player B, who has 1400$, calls. Player C has 280$ and goes all in. The others fold. So it is player A's turn to call 80$.

My question is that can he reraise? Does the fact that player C went all in forbid player A from reraising?

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Sasan