Ruling! #13 – The Mucked / All-in Scam
The Scenario There are two players involved in a pot. After the flop Player A, who is first to act, decides to have a stab at it and makes a bet. Player...
Read MoreThe Scenario There are two players involved in a pot. After the flop Player A, who is first to act, decides to have a stab at it and makes a bet. Player...
Read MoreThe Scenario A player falls asleep at the table due to his medication and is unable to be awoken. He is in the big blind and there has been no raise pre-flop....
Read MoreThe Scenario During a hand Player A announces “all-in” and moves his stack forward. Player B then repeats this and says "all-in" in a quiet puzzled tone as he considers why he's...
Read MoreThe Scenario In a cash game a player talked on his phone throughout the night. He would whisper into the phone and pause when he played. I was sitting to his immediate...
Read MoreThe Scenario In a poker tournament where the blinds just went up from 500/1,000 to 1,000/2,000, Player A placed $1,000 into the pot, Player B quickly said, “call” and also placed $1,000...
The Scenario While playing in a poker tournament, three players were all-in. Player A held , Player B held , and Player C held . The flop came , at which point...
The Scenario During the deal a card is exposed and is swapped for the top card, and the exposed card becomes the first burn card. The hand continues, and after the flop,...
The Scenario Two players are involved in a hand. After the river player A makes a large bet, and player B says "I see you," but before he places his chips in...
The Scenario A player wins a nice pot and he drags the pot toward his remaining chip stack. Shortly afterward, the player to his left says "Where are my chips?" and it...
The Scenario A player is all-in and everyone folds except one player who considers calling. He verbally declares that he has a pair of 10's. The all-in player remains silent, and the...
The Scenario In a nine-handed game, four players limp in, so player eight decides to limp in without looking at his cards. Player nine, who is short-stacked moves all in. A sequence...
The Scenario At the river during a big hand I made an all-in bet and the girl I bet lifted her cards in the air and said, “I guess you got me.”...
The Scenario I was playing in a poker tournament against an aggressive opponent who was on the button when I was in the big blind. All the players folded to him and...