Posts Tagged ‘placing’

On Second and Third Place

Hello,

Great site! Well, I just participated in a home game by which payouts go to the first, second. and third.

Earlier, for $500, player 1 went all in. Player 2 for $700 followed and also went all in. Player 3 called and fortunately had still some chips at hand.

In the end, player 3 won therefore he has taken home both pots. Now, who should win the second place? Player 1 had a better hand compared to player 2 however the latter had more chips to start with. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Salomon
Salomon,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. Since player 2 had more chips, he will finish in 2nd.

Last Two Places

Hi,

I hosted a No limit Texas Holdem tourney. The tourney was held at my house the other night. It was with $50.00 buy-in and $850 starting. I believe everything went well. In the end, three players were left for the prize money. By the way, money for the first placer was $400, for the second $200 and for the third $100.

At certain point, player A had approximately $5000, player B had $4500, and player C had $200. All figures were in chips. Later, player C went all in with $200 to post his blind of $150. Player A then called the $200 and then went all in too. At such moment, the main pot was already $400 and the side pot was $4600.

Eventually, player B called the all in and placed $200 in the main pot and $4300 in the side pot. That time, my belief was that only player C was entitled to win the main pot of $600 and players B and C were up for both the main pot and side pot.

Well, as expected, flop, turn, and river came. Player A had something so he won the pot of $600 and beaten player B in the side pot 8700 chips. But we don’t know who exactly will take the two other places, 2nd and 3rd. For me, players B and C were all out of chips, but player B had more chips on the call compared to player C and so player B should be the second placer while player C the third placer. What do you think?

Thanks!

Regards,
Needham
Needham,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. In your scenario above, player C is the third place finisher since he started with only 200 chips.

About the Second Place

Hello,

In a recent tourney, something came up. There were three players left and the first two pots were paid. Player A first acted out and placed 500 bet. Player B called the bet, he was then all in. Player C went all in however he has 550. Player A called the extra 50, thus having 100 in a side pot.

Later, player A had a full house, player B two pair and player C had ace high. Player A won the two pots but we were confused then who was the second placer. We thought of player B because of his hand that beaten player C’s hand in the final hand but we also considered player C as he had chips that player B can’t have technically. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Regards,
Coleman
Coleman,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. Since player C started the hand with more chips, he finishes in 2nd.

Last Two Places

Hello,

I was in a home game the other day. Something came up which caused a small dispute. Well, if I remember it right, blinds then had moved on to certain a level which forced the remaining players to go all in by which later on made multiple side pot. The chip leader then had the best hand and actually had busted out all of his opponents.

Time to pay out the last two placers came and an argument then appeared. My idea then was that the 2nd and 3rd place would go to whoever had the next two highest chip counts prior to the hand however others fought out that the next 2 best hands would win the last two.

In the end, we just all decided to give the money to the next two highest chip counts prior to the hand. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Ozeki
Ozeki,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. You were correct.

Winning Places and Revealing Cards

Hi,

Say there are 6 placements and seven players for the pot. In a certain hand, player A moves all in. Then player B follows and actually calls with more money than player A. Player C is next and calls the all in of player A and afterwards raises placing player B all in as well. Later, everyone else folds.

Eventually, hand of player C beats the hand of players B and A however hand of player A beats the hand of player B.

Now, who will get the 7th place? How about the 6th? Another thing, I’m wondering if in what order do you reveal your cards and consider or count somebody as eliminated?

Thanks in advance!

Gravley
Gravley,

The order you show your cards doesn’t not matter. In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. Player A would finish in 7th place.

Who’ll Have the Higher Place?

Hello there!

I have a question to ask but I’m not sure if it was already asked before. If it was, I’m very sorry. I don’t have much time to read all of the stuff posted here in your site.

Well, my question goes like this. In case I raise all-in and get called by the short stack and one guy with a larger stack and then the big stack player wins the hand, who will get a higher place, the guy with more chips at the beginning of the hand or the guy who had the higher ranked five cards during such hand? What’s your thoughts on this one?

I hope to hear from you in no time.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Busch
Busch,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing.

Chip Count or Best Hand?

Hi,

I was in an event last night which started with 8 players then almost ended with 3. Actually, before the start of the event, all of us agreed to pay out 3 places. Well, player 1 had sufficient chips to cover players 2 and 3.

At some point, players 2 and 3 were all in. Player 1 had three sixes, therefore he won the first place. Player 3 had three threes while player 2 had two kings. Considering this, how would you pay out the 3 places? Do you think it’s player 2 with the second highest chip count at the start who should win the second place money or it’s player 3 with the second best hand?

Thanks in advance!

Mitchell Rose
Mitchell,

In a tournament when multiple players are eliminated, the eliminated player that had the most chips at the start of the hand gets the superior placing. In your example, player 2 wins 2nd place.