Poker Question...
I am a casual poker player at best, and I was stumped when this came up this week.
Our office has a weekly game every Thursday at lunch. The stakes are low and as you can imagine it is a pretty relaxed atmosphere compared to a casino.
The game came down to 3 people left, including myself, Paul, and Barney.
Going into the hand I had the most chips. Barney had the second most chips left, and Paul was third.
Pre flop action, the play is to me and I raise. Paul re-raises all-in, Barney calls and re-raises all in, I call.
The 5 cards are dealt and I have the best hand with a set of 7's. Paul has a pair of kings, and Barney is left with ace high.
In our weekly game everybody pays $10 to get in, winner takes all, and 2nd place gets their $10 back.
So after the hand I am the winner but we cannot figure out who should be second place. Is it Paul for having the second best hand? or is Barney for having his all-in covered?
Since none of us could say that we knew for sure, and because this is a very friendly, casual style game between co-workers, we agreed to play a final hand face up between the 2 of them to determine the $10 prize. Which they were both fine with, but it has bothered me ever since that I do not know the right answer to this.
If this were a competitive sit & go how would a casino handle second place in this situation?
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