Choppity Chop, Chop, Chop
Yes, hi-lo games involve in a slew of chopped pots. Every now and then, it takes a while to determine where the chips belong.
Especially when there is a three-way all-in pot, a side pot, a split low, and a confused dealer.
So much for let the chips fall where they may.
After a flop of 5♣6♠7♦, three players shoved their entire stacks in rapid succession.
Jose Pazgutierrez: A♥7♠6♦3♣
Matthew Valeo: A♠K♣4♠8♥
Anthony Altemari: A♦A♣4♦3♦
Valeo had the best high hand with a straight. Pazgutierrez and Altemari each had an ace-three low.
"Leave the chips where they are and we'll figure it out later," someone at the table said. Yeah, much later.
Nothing changed after the turn-river runout of 5♥10♦, but the "action" was just beginning. After the dealer struggled to determine who owed how much and to what pot, players began debating who gets what.
Ten minutes after the hand started — after the dealer and a player rearranged the chips, getting the side pot and main pot wrong on a couple occasions each — the splits were finally made.
Valeo took half the side pot and half the main. Altemari took the other half of the side and a quarter of the main pot. Pazgutierrez got a quarter of the main.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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18,000 | |