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POKER TOURNAMENT RULES QUESTIONS & DISCUSSIONS => Non-TDA Tournament and General Poker Rules Discussion => Topic started by: Uniden32 on December 20, 2014, 10:31:19 AM

Title: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Uniden32 on December 20, 2014, 10:31:19 AM
Curious as to how some of the other tournament personell handle this.

Heads up in a tournament.

Action on P1, P2 checks out of turn.
P1 then bets.

Do you allow P2 to raise or does passive action (check) only allow him to call/fold ?

Thanks in advance,

Ralph
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Unregistered84 on December 20, 2014, 09:58:24 PM
According to TDA rules, in this case rule 38, P2 has all options open (fold, call or raise). Even so, any player acting out of turn can still be subject to penalty, depending on the specific situation.
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Tristan on December 22, 2014, 09:24:27 AM
I would allow P2 all actions.  If it becomes a recurring problem, I would penalize.
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Uniden32 on December 22, 2014, 02:17:51 PM
According to TDA rules, in this case rule 38, P2 has all options open (fold, call or raise). Even so, any player acting out of turn can still be subject to penalty, depending on the specific situation.

I was aware of the actual TDA verbage, hence the post in Non-TDA rules discussion.

There are some tournament directors who only allow a passive action after a passive out of turn action in a heads up situation, and I simply wanted to know how others felt.

Thanks again.
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: K-Lo on December 22, 2014, 06:47:31 PM
Hi Uniden:

I am in the camp that would have preferred, in theory, to limit the out-of-turn checker to only passive responses.  However, I do sympathize that a one-size-fits-all rule (with an appropriate penalty applied depending on how 'bad' the angle was) is probably easier to enforce, and may produce more consistent results.

You might find this prior discussion interesting:  http://www.pokertda.com/forum/index.php?topic=988.0

K-Lo
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: MikeB on December 22, 2014, 10:25:50 PM
Hi Uniden:

I am in the camp that would have preferred, in theory, to limit the out-of-turn checker to only passive responses.  However, I do sympathize that a one-size-fits-all rule (with an appropriate penalty applied depending on how 'bad' the angle was) is probably easier to enforce, and may produce more consistent results.

You might find this prior discussion interesting:  http://www.pokertda.com/forum/index.php?topic=988.0

K-Lo

Definitely think this one is well worth reviewing at TDA Summit 2015.
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Nick C on December 23, 2014, 06:49:20 AM
Uniden32,

 This has always been a debatable subject, glad you brought it back to the table. I've never been in favor of allowing any out of turn player (when head to head), a chance to raise, or retract their OOT action. Considering your situation with a little twist: Player B checks and Player A also checks...do you allow Player B to now change his check to a bet? Of course not. To me, it's the same situation. I am in favor of the OOT Player being held to his action. The OOT is the guilty party, not the skipped player.
Title: Re: Heads up Action out of turn, specifically "Checking"
Post by: Brian Vickers on January 28, 2015, 02:55:15 PM
I'm in favor of OOT action when heads up to be automatically binding AND subject to penalty. No forcing first player to arbitrarily "check" so that it's binding.
Player B OOT bets, Player A says "I call." We shouldn't sit there and say "wait, you have to check first, then you can call."  Let's just get on with the hand.