When someone has to leave the game ....

Phaetos · #1 (**permalink**) 12-30-2005, 05:37 PM

What do you do with their stack? Say someone has a medium stack, around starting point, and suddenly has to leave for some reason. Do you give them the buy-in back? If not, what to do with their stack? Take it off? That wouldn't be right, it has other people's in-play chips in it. Just leave it there and blind them out for the rest of the game?

Phaetos

ahopen78 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-30-2005, 05:41 PM

if they leave blind them.

if it is durng lets say a rebuy period, blind them and remove their stack when the rebuy period ends.

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Originally Posted by Phaetos

What do you do with their stack? Say someone has a medium stack, around starting point, and suddenly has to leave for some reason. Do you give them the buy-in back? If not, what to do with their stack? Take it off? That wouldn't be right, it has other people's in-play chips in it. Just leave it there and blind them out for the rest of the game?

Phaetos

ahopen78 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-30-2005, 05:42 PM

ps. they dont get their money back either. its too bad.

PocketRocket · #4 (**permalink**) 12-30-2005, 06:41 PM

If it's a game amongst friends, use your judgement and common sense. Especially if the player has to leave due to a family emergency. In such a situation, their buy-in is the least of their concerns, but it would mean a lot if you exercised some compassion and work out some sort of compromise after discussing it amongst the other players at the table (it's not as if the person was there to listen to whatever you decide.)

If it's a large group of people playing tourney style, then the proper thing to do would be to blind out the stack, especially if there is no legit reason for the absence (and having to go to work or to meet a curfew is not a legit excuse, that should have been planned for.)

If it's a cash game, it's simple just remove the stack from the table and cash the player out (give him/her the cash next time or deliver it to them when convenient.)

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Originally Posted by Phaetos

What do you do with their stack? Say someone has a medium stack, around starting point, and suddenly has to leave for some reason. Do you give them the buy-in back? If not, what to do with their stack? Take it off? That wouldn't be right, it has other people's in-play chips in it. Just leave it there and blind them out for the rest of the game?

Phaetos

Double Eagle · #5 (**permalink**) 12-30-2005, 10:17 PM

If they are not coming back, then you should pick up their stack and remove the chips from the tourney. Generally, you would not refund their buy in, but in a friendly home tourney, there certainly could be situations where it could be considered.

Captn_All_In · #6 (**permalink**) 12-31-2005, 02:51 PM

I think in a tournament situation you would blind the player off for a certain period of time, then at that time his stack would be divided out evenly to all the players still left in the tournament.

whitepotatoe · #7 (**permalink**) 12-31-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Double Eagle

If they are not coming back, then you should pick up their stack and remove the chips from the tourney. Generally, you would not refund their buy in, but in a friendly home tourney, there certainly could be situations where it could be considered.

Exactly, there is no reason to let them blind off if they aren't coming back. And as Pocket Rocket stated, work or curfew or something is not a reason to refund, but serious family emergencies are something that a buy in or at least a portion of a buy in should be refunded. If they were up, they should not get more than the buy in, but if they were down to 50% of the starting stack, I would give back half the buy in.

cnw400 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-31-2005, 04:16 PM

Robert's Rules says blind them off until they bust. HomepokerTourney.com rules say blind them off if they will return in 20 minutes, then spit chips with players at that table.

No reason you have to follow those rules, but it doesn't hurt to make the decision before the tourney starts. Having rules in place that you follow can preclude arguements later on.

compost kid · #9 (**permalink**) 01-24-2006, 09:02 PM

My home games are always with friends, and no poker game is more important than a friendship. If someone had to leave early it would have to be for a good reason since we only play around once a month and everyone loves to play. So I would always give them their money back, even if it meant taking it from my own pocket if the others did not agree. We only play $20 tourneys and twenty bucks isn't worth risking any hard feelings.

absoludely · #10 (**permalink**) 01-25-2006, 08:44 AM

yeah, i'd have to say it really depends on the persons playing and the situation. either way though it would be a good idea to decide on this before the game ever starts.