2010 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 1
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Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k1098
Prize
$327,040
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,334,800
Entries
284
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 284

Split Pot Confusion

In split-pot games, players are generally instructed to leave their bets in front of their cards once the action is heads-up. This makes it easier to split the pot later if it's a chop. Where confusion usually arises is if one player is quartered, or in multi-way pots where one player is all in on an early street.

These pot-splitting situations aren't easy for anyone (player or dealer), and everyone has a different way that they feel is the best way for splitting these pots. We recently saw Men Nguyn standing at Table 299, instructing a dealer how he should split a pot in which Allen Kessler had been quartered by another player. It produced a fair amount of confusion, both for the dealer and for Kessler.

To be fair, most dealers aren't used to dealing split-pot games, and certainly not a big-bet split-pot game like PLO8.