Re-Raising an all-in

Recently a question came about from a hand played at a Posh Poker Game. The situation includes bet sizes, and when you can raise or re-raise an all in. It’s one of the trickier rules of the game to figure out, and it’s often handled incorrectly. Jeff asked the following question recently based on this hand:

“So, here is the situation that actually occurred last night: 6 players in the hand. Blinds 2K-4K, pre flop…..
(SB – A, BB – B)
1st to act (C) raises to 22K, (D) folds, (E) folds, BUTTON(F) calls, SB(A) calls, BB(B) proceeds to move all it w/ 36K all day. Next up is player C, the initial raiser, who attempts to go all in for hundreds of thousands of chips. Can he go over the top here??! Sound off poker pros!!”

The question really is: “When is a person allowed to re-raise an all-in bet when there are other players in the hand”.

So what do you think? Many people think the action stopped when the person with a low chip-stack went all in because he did not have enough to make a “legal” raise. That *can* be true, but in this case it is not. The official TD rules are that if the all-in bet is at least half of a legal raise, it can be counted as a legal raise, and action is *not* stopped by it. There is a caveat to that rule, however… those who had just called before the all in are not allowed to re-raise. Only the person who made the initial raise, and then got re-raised may also re-raise. If the all-in hand had not been more than half the legal bet, he would have had only the option to call. If the original raiser had only called, the other “callers” would not have the option to re-raise.

To state that in a different way. If you call a raise, and are re-raised with an all in that is not a legal raise, you may not re-raise. If you raise, and then get called but also re-raised by a an all-in that is not at least half of a legal raise, you may not re-raise. You may never re-raise a less than legal raise that is an all-in bet if you previous had just called another raise.

Season Final Tournament tonight!

Hello Poker Players!

 

This is it!  The Season Final tournament is tonight at Twisted Taco in Roswell!Arrive early, because sign-in begins at 6:00pm, and anyone arriving before 6:45can earn a one time “on-time” bonus.  There will be one other one-time bonus for anyone who eats or drinks.   Cards fly at 7:00pm

Those who have qualified can enter, so if you haven’t already checked, go to the website to see if you qualified.   Prizes will be announced tonight!

Good luck to everyone!

 

– Jeff & Jesse

 

RSVP: Season Final Tournament tonight

New Season / Qualifiers List

We are starting a new season today, but what you’re really interested in is the qualifiers list for the season final.  Here are all of those who made it… congratulations to you. Starting stack sizes will be posted soon, and will be available at all games this and next week.

– Jesse

Season Qualifiers:

 

Abbas Naraghi
Adam McLellan
Ali Alaeddini
Anne Brundridge
Bill Tait
Bob Frost
Bob Richwine
Bret Levy
Bryan Reiss
Candi Booth
Carl Pickering
Charles Huff
Charlie Byrd
Chris Merhoff
Claire Hatcher
David Caldwell
Deanna Smith
Dino Barylski
Don Argo
Emery Icard
Gary Garrett
Hari Rao
Heath Derrick
Jack Jackson
Jay Akins
Jeff Schuelke
Jennifer Derrick
Jerry McEntire
Jesse Boston
Jesse Gearhart
Joe Marshall
John Foy
Josh Ruiz
Judy Richwine
Kale Thompson
Keith Alston
Kevin Wesolowski
Masood Saedin
Matt Littleford
Michael Wall
Mohan Yalamanchili
Monika Sachdeva
Peter Ghanouni
PJ Allen
Rikki Smith
Rocky Middleton
Ron Brundridge
Ronny Broyles
Scott Mora
Shane Funk
Shannon Amaru
Shawn Taucer
Sowmya Mummaneni
Sue Wesolowski
Supi Maan
Susan Frost
Tauheed Williams
Taylor Gammage
Tito Garcia
Todd Simon
Tonya Pinder
Uday Are
William Smith

Reggae, Luau and Poker tonight!

Hope you are enjoying the long holiday weekend thus far…tonight our week 12 tourney is moved toTwisted Taco Roswell at 7 pm, where they are hosting a Luau/island theme party as well!
My Bob Marley Tribute Band will be on hand, jamming while you accumulate chips!  Speaking of, you will double bonus tonight for all Red Stripes, Margaritas, Sex on the Beach, or frozen DAIQUIRIS!  Finally, you receive extra bonus for Island apparel too!!
Should be a fun-filled night of cards and music, so I hope you will join us on the felt & dance floor!  Bring family & friends too.

One Love

Jeff & Jesse