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Guillaume Gleize

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Partial removal of previous chips
« on: December 16, 2017, 05:08:14 AM »
Hello,

Sorry but even the TDA 2017 Illustration Addebdum couldn't help me on that one (sorry for my poor english):

Blinds 25-50

A is BB and has 2x25 in front of him (the BB)
--- most players fold
B is button and raises to 600 total (550 more to BB)
--- the SB folds
A silently remove 1x25 from his BB and add 1x1000 chip

Is it a CALL or a RAISE please?

TY
« Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 05:32:41 AM by Guillaume Gleize »

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2017, 09:53:18 PM »
Hi Guillaume:

First off, you have found a necessary edit. In the Illustration Addendum to Rule 51, mentions of "Rule 49 bet" should read "Rule 50 bet", as Rule 50 deals with multiple chips. We will make that important correction in a Version 3a release.

To answer the question in your illustration, silently pulling back just one of the 25's and adding a new 1000 chip makes it a total bet of 1025. Because it's putting out chips silently, determining whether it's a raise or call is based on the 50% threshold in Rule 50... in this case a raise because it exceeds 50% of a min-raise. The BB must make it a total of 1150.

Thanks for the important catch on the illustration addendum!

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2017, 04:54:28 PM »
Hello Mike!

You welcome. And you know all the respect I have for your work.
Let's make some few examples to try to be sure we all agree please:

Let's keep the example of the BB player with 2x25 (the BB) in front of him / all fold but the button raises at total 600 / the BB acting silently.

1) BB pushes 1x1000 ---> It's a CALL (#48) ---> 450 back to him.

2) BB pushes 2x500 ---> It's a CALL (#49) ---> 450 back to him.

3) BB pushes 8x100 ---> It's a CALL (#46) ---> 250 back to him.

4) BB pushes 9x100 ---> It's a RAISE (#46) ---> 200 must be added.

5) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 1x1000 ---> It's a CALL (#48) ---> 400 back to him.

6) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 2x500 ---> It's a CALL (#49) ---> 400 back to him.

7) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 8x100 ---> It's a CALL (#46) ---> 200 back to him.

8) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 9x100 ---> It's a RAISE (#46) ---> 250 must be added.

But then comes some cases were I'm still lost:

A) BB removes only 1x25 ---> That's were I'm lost if to compare with my exemples! In my example #5 it was a CALL when he removed the 2x25 but in your answer it's a RAISE when he removes only 1x25 right? And why? And what about the examples #6 #7 #8 in the same condition?

B) Do we agree that we will never allow the BB to remove (silently) any chips AFTER any bet: Those chips will be placed back and the normal rules applied whatever they are (#46 #49 #50) right?

C) BB has previously put 1x500 as BB / raise of total 400 from the button / then BB pushes silently 2x25 ---> It's a CALL by rule #46 right?

D) BB has previously put 1x500 as BB / raise of total 400 from the button / then BB pushes silently 3x25 ---> It's a RAISE by rule #46 right?

TY by advance - Let's rule together this messy world lol!

GG

« Last Edit: December 20, 2017, 04:55:51 PM by Guillaume Gleize »

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2017, 10:01:19 AM »
Guillaume,

To answer your A question about removing both 25 it is rule 49 oversized chip betting (since all he would only be using a 1,000 chip):  "If facing a bet or blind, pushing out a single oversized chip (including your last chip) is a call if raise isn’t first declared"
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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2017, 10:44:28 AM »

Let's make some few examples to try to be sure we all agree please:

Let's keep the example of the BB player with 2x25 (the BB) in front of him / all fold but the button raises at total 600 / the BB acting silently.

1) BB pushes 1x1000 ---> It's a CALL (#48) ---> 450 back to him.
Yes, a 1000 single overchip call

2) BB pushes 2x500 ---> It's a CALL (#49) ---> 450 back to him.
Yes, because both NEW chips (the two 500's) are needed to make the call, and the prior-bet chips are not disturbed. NOTE: if you disturb the prior bet chips then you are making a new multiple chip bet of all chips, that's key to understand. Also key to your "lost" example A at bottom

3) BB pushes 8x100 ---> It's a CALL (#46) ---> 250 back to him.
Yes, this is a total bet of all chips because you can pull at least one of the smallest new chips back and still have the call amount. THEN you go to Rule 50 (Multiple Chip Bets) to determine if it hits the 50% threshold of a raise. If not it's a call. The minimum total bet threshold for raise here is 600 + 550/2 = 875. The player has pushed out 850 silently, hence it's a call.

4) BB pushes 9x100 ---> It's a RAISE (#46) ---> 200 must be added.
Yes. Same reason as #3: player has pushed out total of 950 silently so they have hit the 875 raise threshold in Rule 50. They must add 200 to bring up to a full total min-raise of 1150.

5) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 1x1000 ---> It's a CALL (#48) ---> 400 back to him.
Yes. Player faces a total bet of 600, he tosses out a single overchip silently, it's a call.

6) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 2x500 ---> It's a CALL (#49) ---> 400 back to him.
Yes, player makes a multiple-chip bet. Pulling back just one of the smallest chips (one 500) leaves less than the call amount, so it's a call. FWIW, this is the "Barry Greenstein Rule", formally adopted at the 2011 TDA Summit although it had been in use at certain venues prior to that.

7) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 8x100 ---> It's a CALL (#46) ---> 200 back to him.
Right, silent multiple chip bet, go to Rule 50 (not Rule 49 as it says in error in the Illustration Addendum!), it doesn't hit the 50% threshold (875), so it's a call.

8) BB removes the 2x25 and pushes 9x100 ---> It's a RAISE (#46) ---> 250 must be added.
Correct. A multiple-chip bet, pulling back just one of the smallest chips leaves more than the call amount, so you go to the 50% threshold (875). 900 exceeds 875, so it's a raise to 1150 total.

But then comes some cases were I'm still lost:

A) BB removes only 1x25 ---> That's were I'm lost if to compare with my exemples! In my example #5 it was a CALL when he removed the 2x25 but in your answer it's a RAISE when he removes only 1x25 right? And why? And what about the examples #6 #7 #8 in the same condition?
Two different bets.
1: pull back both, you're making a single overchip bet.
2: pull back just one: See the underlined red discussion in #2 above: the prior-bet chips are disturbed and new chip(s) added... hence it's a silent multiple chip bet of all chips. Go to the 50% standard.

B) Do we agree that we will never allow the BB to remove (silently) any chips AFTER any bet: Those chips will be placed back and the normal rules applied whatever they are (#46 #49 #50) right?
That's theoretically correct. Whether it happens in every case in practice is another story. For example, player has some chip(s) in his hand and some prior bet chips in front of him, he's facing a raise of X, sometimes a player reaches out and puts chip Y in and pulls chip Z out in order to get his bet right... do you force him to leave everything in? Theoretically you probably should, but if he does it without any pause some might use judgement there and allow it.

C) BB has previously put 1x500 as BB / raise of total 400 from the button / then BB pushes silently 2x25 ---> It's a CALL by rule #46 right?
It's a total silent bet of 550. The 50% silent min-raise threshold is 400 + 350/2 = 575. The player has only pushed out 550 so it's a call and 150 is refunded.
 
D) BB has previously put 1x500 as BB / raise of total 400 from the button / then BB pushes silently 3x25 ---> It's a RAISE by rule #46 right?
Right, same reason as C above, he's hit the 575 threshold so has to make it a total of 750.

Thanks for the great examples!

NOW, This issue has been debated at length with every imaginable example at the 2013 and 2015 TDA Summits. Finally the cases in the Illustration Addendum were adopted in 2017. The reality is that every case may not be enforced 100% of the time exactly according to these illustrations. So you always go back to Rule 51-A: "... several possibilities exist, so players should verbally declare their bets before putting out new chips on top of prior bet chips not pulled in". If they don't verbally declare, then it's player's responsibility if the house rules other than the player intended.
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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2017, 03:45:45 PM »
Wow...that's an awful lot to digest. I really like what Mike wrote in his last entry: Quote "If they don't verbally declare, then it's player's responsibility if the house rules other than the player intended."Unquote! :) :) :)

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2017, 09:47:05 AM »
First many thanks Mike for the time spend to answer!

Very last check on a triple example of the very same case (BB 2x25 / raise 600):

X) BB let the 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

Y) BB removes 1x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> RAISE

Z) BB removes 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2018, 02:27:41 PM »

Very last check on a triple example of the very same case (BB 2x25 / raise 600):

X) BB let the 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

Y) BB removes 1x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> RAISE

Z) BB removes 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

 ::)
Correct...
X: single overchip call
Y: combined bet of 1000 + 25 = Raise
Z: single overchip call

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2018, 11:36:41 PM »
Wow...no need to try and explain, I'll keep reading this one over again. I don't understand how a simple 50% rule can become so complicated.   ???

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Re: Partial removal of previous chips
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2018, 09:11:56 PM »

Very last check on a triple example of the very same case (BB 2x25 / raise 600):

X) BB let the 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

Y) BB removes 1x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> RAISE

Z) BB removes 2x25 and silently pushes 1x1000 ---> CALL

 ::)
Correct...
X: single overchip call
Y: combined bet of 1000 + 25 = Raise
Z: single overchip call

OK I got it! TY Mike!
« Last Edit: January 03, 2018, 09:13:10 PM by Guillaume Gleize »