Dividing Pots

At some point, I believe somebody have already asked you about dividing pots between players who went all in. But the situation I was once into, though quite similar to the other situation presented before by one of your visitors, is actually a reversed one.

Say it’s heads-up between two players and player A has $250 and player B has $50. For an instance player A goes all in first and eventually player B calls by also going all in, Then the flop came up Ten, Jack, Ace. Consequently, the turn was a King and the river was a Queen. As a result, it’s a split pot for having the same straight.

What do you think will happen since player A went all in first? Do you think the $300 be divided equally? In other words, player A gets $150 and player B gets $150. Or, do you think, player A should get his $250 back and so as with player B for his $50?

Thanks for your time.

Davon

Davon,

The most a player may win when they are all-in is the amount they went all in for. While player A moved all-in for $250, player B called all-in with only $50. As a result, player A would have $200 of his $250 returned to him before the board is dealt. Therefore, when the pot is split, each player receives $50.