Help with a Live tourney I was in, Poker hand...

[Johnboy3779]

Here is the short of it. I am just looking for an answer to this. One player was all in with 100 chips. Myself and another player were in for 200. We checked all the way down to the river. I had 2-3 and board had A-Q-8-6-5. The all in had A-Q and won the main pot of 300, but here is where things got weird. I stated to everyone "I am playing the board" since my cards did me no good, but I never actually turned my cards over. The other player just pushed his cards into the center of the table. Figuering that since the other player mucked his cards, I won the side pot and I never turned mine over either and pushed my cards into the center of the table. The dealer then grabs the other 200 chips and gives them to the guy who was all in stating "since no one showed thier cards, all cards are mucked leaving only the all in guy left so he gets the other 200 chips also". Was this the right call? I had stated that the 5 cards that I wished to play were already out on the board.

Any comments on this would be great. Thanks all

[Linux4Ever]

The pott should be divided into a main pot of 300 and a side pot of 200. And of course you should have won it.

The person who had 100 into play can NEVER win the side pot only the main pot.

[Johnboy3779]

Was reading Robert's Rules of Poker and found this line in the Hold'em section.

You must declare that you are playing the board before you throw your cards away; otherwise you relinquish all claim to the pot

I think that may say it all.

[proteinXx]

Yes, you relinquish all claims to the MAIN POT, but the person who took the money had NOTHING in the SIDE POT and was not part of the SIDE POT, therefore he had no claim to it. That is a no brainer. The rule you stated is correct, IF someone has some sort of claim to the pot, i.e. is part of it, lol. Basically, you both mucked and agreed to a chop pot. The SIDE POT should have been split by the two people in it, since no one folded, no one bet and no one showed their cards. Was this caught on video btw? You could probably sell that to a poker's funniest blooper's site. Tell me where your home games are, I am going to come and railbird, when everyone mucks after the river the pot should belong to me! :roflmao: