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Bounty Hunter split pot head prize
Just for clarification really, why does the other guy get the head prize here? Is it done on stack size?
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hifi | Small blind | 150.00 | 150.00 | 14172.50 | |
| Gorgoroth | Big blind | 300.00 | 450.00 | 14762.50 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| flushchase | Fold | ||||
| adod | All-in | 1770.00 | 2220.00 | 0.00 | |
| Slykllist | Call | 1770.00 | 3990.00 | 8623.50 | |
| hifi | Call | 1620.00 | 5610.00 | 12552.50 | |
| Gorgoroth | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| hifi | Bet | 300.00 | 5910.00 | 12252.50 | |
| Slykllist | Call | 300.00 | 6210.00 | 8323.50 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| hifi | Bet | 300.00 | 6510.00 | 11952.50 | |
| Slykllist | Call | 300.00 | 6810.00 | 8023.50 | |
| River | |||||
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| hifi | Check | ||||
| Slykllist | Check | ||||
| hifi | Show |
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| adod | Muck |
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| Slykllist | Show |
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| hifi | Win | Two Pairs, Kings and 5s | 3405.00 | 15357.50 | |
| Slykllist | Win | Two Pairs, Kings and 5s | 3405.00 | 11428.50 | |
Comments
If the others know that for a fact, then ignore what I'm about to say.
In a split pot any odd chips go to the player closest to the button. Meaning the player in early position. If that's the reason for it here, then the bounty is a fairly big "spare chip".
In truth, I don't know, sorry, but I'll find out for you.
Hopefully, you'll as often be on the right side of that coin as the wrong side.
It wouldn't be complicated, surely? The bounty is a clearly specified amount at the time of the hand and can by split 50:50, as is the increase in head price. In a £22 bounty hunter £2 is rake £10 goes to the pool and £10 is the bounty. Each time you take out a player you win £7.50 and the other £2.50 goes on your head. If it's a split pot then each player wins £3.75 and gets £1.25 added to their head price. Simples!
Giving the bounty to the player with the largest stack or to the player closest to the button seems pretty abitrary. Why not the player whose username is first in the alphabet? Or whoever deposited most recently? Or whoever has been at the table the longest? Or signed up to the website most recently.
I can understand in a live event where bounty chips cannot be broken in half, that there has to be a consistant rulling. But the bounties can always be devided by two (or any number for that matter if it is a multi-way split pot). If someone posts an example (hypothetical or otherwise) where splitting a bounty would be unfair, please post.
For me this is just another reason I don't particularly enjoy bounty hunters.
If Player A has 10k & Player B has 8K of chips and they are both all-in, then the bounty cannot be split eaually, as player B does'nt have enough chips to cover Player A
The times where this comes up are when a player is knocked out of the tournement by two players who each have more chips than they do. For example player A has 20K chips, player B has 10K chips and player C has 2K chips. They all get it in pre holding the following: A= KK, B=KK, C=JJ. The kings hold on a rainbow board. I don't fully understand why it is more fair to give the pot to player A simply because they had more chips than player B (if indeed this is even the case). Player B still has player C covered and still beat player C in the hand.
If you beat them both then of course you get the bounty