All-In Procedures:
What is an all-in?
All-in protection is designed to protect players' investments into a pot when they run out of money, do not act in time or are disconnected for any reason.
If a player does not have enough money to continue:
A bet that a player makes that uses up all of the chips he has remaining at the table. For example, in a 15-30 game, a player who only had $7 left at the table would be allowed to use that $7 to call or bet. If there is only one other player left in the hand at that point, the betting has ended for that hand, and the system will deal out the remainder of the cards quickly and automatically. If there are three or more players remaining in the hand when someone runs out of money and goes all in, a "side pot" is created, which is contested for only by the players who still have money. It is possible, in multi-way hands, for more than one side pot to be created, if more than one player run out of money at different times. If a player is involved in a side pot, he may win that, even if he cannot beat the all-in player for the main pot.
Note that more money cannot be added in the middle of a hand. We suggest that more chips are added before the next hand begins.
Finally, note that using an all-in in this manner-running out of money in the middle of a hand-does not use up the all-in that is allowed per day, as explained below. That all-in is used up only by a failure to respond, not by running out of money.
If a player fails to act in time or is disconnected:
If a player fails to act in time-for example, if an emergency calls him to another room in the house, or if he loses his connection-he is treated as if he were all-in for that hand. This feature protects the money the player already has in the pot in case of a bad connection or a home emergency. Note! This is the case in Limit Games. In Pot Limit and No Limit Games, a player's hand is folded if he fails to act in time or is disconnected. These rules are in place to protect the integrity and fairness of the games for all players, including yourself.
As an all-in player, a player can only contend for the money in a pot that he contributed to. All other action of remaining "active" players goes into a "side pot" to be fought for by them.
***Important information to know***
Players in BetClub Poker games are given one "emergency" all-in per 24 hour period. If at anytime a player's all-in status is zero (0) the player is playing at his own risk. This simply means that he does not have all-in protection and if he is disconnected or fails to act in time, HIS HAND WILL BE FOLDED AND HIS INVESTMENT WILL BE LOST without any recourse whatsoever.
Although we allot players one (1) all-in protection per 24 hours, we will consider resetting players' protection back to one if warranted. Simply contact support@betclubpoker.com for consideration. However, if BetClub Poker suspects abuse of the all-in protection feature, this may result in loss of membership or denied reset request.
Lastly, sending a request or receiving approval notification does not imply that players have all-in protection; they do not have all-in protection until they see this in their account.
Once a player is all-in:
- The player receives all cards as usual.
- The all-in player has no option to bet.
- All other money bet after the player is all-in cannot be won by the all-in player and will be put into a side pot for all active players to win.
- If the player who is all-in has the action, then the dealer will move to the next player clockwise. This will continue until an active player shows a better top hand.
- The player may fold his cards only on the river and only after the side pot (if there is one) has been awarded to active players.