Going All In

[OldRamsFan]

Hello,
My opponent went all in. I won. He wasn't eliminated. Is this a glitch, or is there some special rule I don't know about in which "going all in" and losing doesn't equal elimination?
Thanks,
Mike

[Shag]

maybe he won a side p-o-t ?

[OldRamsFan]

maybe he won a side p-o-t ?

I'm not very knowledgable about the terms of poker. Is a side p-o-t when you have high and low hands splitting the p-o-t, or when you have two exact equal hands sharing the p-o-t, or is it something else? I'm a newbie to just about everything but stud and draw games.

[Shag]

Split Pots, Side Pots, and going All-in

12. A player who is all-in must show his cards at the showdown.

13. In the case of a split pot when there are two or more high hands, the chip(s) will be split as evenly as possible (chips may need to be broken down into smaller denominations) with any odd chip(s) left over given out to the winning player with the worst position (left of the button being the worst).

14. Each side pot will be split as a separate pot. They will not be mixed together before they are split.

15. When a player creates a side pot by going all-in, the side pot will be the current pot plus each call up to the amount of the all-in. Any raises (or calls in the case of a below-the- limit all-in) go into the new pot.

16. At the showdown with a side pot, the player who is all-in can only win the pot set aside when he or she went all-in. After the winner of that hand is resolved, the players involved in the main pot determine the winner without regard to the all-in hand.

17. In case of multiple side pots, a player can only win up to what he put in times the number of calls up to the all-in amount.

[OldRamsFan]

Shaq,
Thanks very much for taking the time to explain that to me. It will help me a lot. I'm sure that's what happened. I will keep a lookout for this type of situation so that I won't be scratching my head in wonder next time. There are so many possible scenarios and intricacies involved in Poker, aren't there?
You The Man!
Mike

[Shag]

my screenname is shagdawg on xbox live if you ever wanna play :D

[OldRamsFan]

my screenname is shagdawg on xbox live if you ever wanna play :D

I don't play online, but if I start doing that, I'll look you up. You can school me!