Poker split II
If in a game of poker, the pot is split between two players, which is most common, then sometimes an odd chip remains that cannot be evenly shared. In three-way split, there may be two odd chips. There are several regulations that stipulate how the extra chip(s) can be awarded to the winning player and generally before the game has started players mutually consent to follow one of the rules.
In high/low split poker games, the odd chip is invariably awarded to the player who has the high hand. However, in case the game ended in a tie, then pot splitting is not done on basis of high and low and both players have equal hand values. In this situation the player who has the highest ranked single card wins the odd chip and if there is tie even in this determination, then high card by suit rule is applied by alphabetical order; thus clubs is lower than diamonds which is lower than hearts which is lower than spades. A variation of this rule of awarding chips in case of a tied game is when the player who is seated closest to the dealer in clockwise manner gets the odd chip. Since in some casino poker games, the house dealer is present and dealer button system is not used, instead of positional rule, the high card by suit rule is applied. Another variation of rule in order to award odd chip when ties take place is to give the leftover odd chip to neither of the winners and instead use the extra chip as an additional ante wager in the next game. This method is commonly followed in private and home poker games.
If due to multi-way ties, the pot gets repeatedly split and players get only a fractional share a special rule is used to award the odd chip. So, in a high/low split game, where the high hand wins alone and the low hand is tied calling for further splits, the extra chip is not given to the high hand and put on the bottom half.
