[jojobinks]

there's a bounty on this mwfeldman donk. 3 players split the pot in which i'm busted. who has a rightful claim to the bounty?

Full Tilt Poker Game #5947724635: CT MMN #8 (45212260), Table 1 - 250/500 - Limit Omaha H/L - 23:16:12 ET - 2008/04/07
Seat 1: scottwire (3,125)
Seat 2: cdnmoose_8 (7,905)
Seat 3: FSU88 (7,084)
Seat 4: _imthatguy_ (3,870)
Seat 6: mwfeldman (256)
Seat 8: Tosh (1,760)
_imthatguy_ posts the small blind of 125
mwfeldman posts the big blind of 250
The button is in seat #3
cdnmoose_8: i know but i've left with less than one bet 3 times now lol
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ah Qs 9s Kc]
Tosh folds
scottwire folds
mwfeldman: let's roll
mwfeldman: i fold
mwfeldman: bad hand
cdnmoose_8 raises to 500
FSU88 calls 500
_imthatguy_ calls 375
mwfeldman calls 6, and is all in
*** FLOP *** [4s 5s 7h]
_imthatguy_ checks
cdnmoose_8 bets 250
FSU88 calls 250
_imthatguy_ calls 250
*** TURN *** [4s 5s 7h] [7c]
_imthatguy_ checks
cdnmoose_8 bets 500
FSU88 raises to 1,000
_imthatguy_ calls 1,000
cdnmoose_8 has 15 seconds left to act
cdnmoose_8 calls 500
*** RIVER *** [4s 5s 7h 7c] [Js]
_imthatguy_ checks
cdnmoose_8 bets 500
FSU88 raises to 1,000
_imthatguy_ calls 1,000
cdnmoose_8 raises to 1,500
FSU88 calls 500
_imthatguy_ calls 500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cdnmoose_8 shows [Ts Jc 7s Th] a full house, Sevens full of Jacks, for high
FSU88 shows [7d 3h Jh 4h] a full house, Sevens full of Jacks, for high
_imthatguy_ shows [Ks Ac 8s 2h] a flush, King high, for high and 7,5,4,2,A, for low
cdnmoose_8 ties for the high side pot (2,246) with a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
FSU88 ties for the high side pot (2,245) with a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
_imthatguy_ wins the low side pot (4,491) with 7,5,4,2,A
mwfeldman mucks
cdnmoose_8 ties for the high main pot (256) with a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
FSU88 ties for the high main pot (256) with a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
_imthatguy_ wins the low main pot (512) with 7,5,4,2,A
mwfeldman stands up
The limits are now 300/600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,006 Main pot 1,024. Side pot 8,982. | Rake 0
Board: [4s 5s 7h 7c Js]
Seat 1: scottwire didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: cdnmoose_8 showed [Ts Jc 7s Th] and won (2,502) with HI: a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
Seat 3: FSU88 (button) showed [7d 3h Jh 4h] and won (2,501) with HI: a full house, Sevens full of Jacks
Seat 4: _imthatguy_ (small blind) showed [Ks Ac 8s 2h] and won (5,003) with HI: a flush, King high; LO: 7,5,4,2,A
Seat 6: mwfeldman (big blind) mucked [Ah Qs 9s Kc] - HI: a flush, Queen high
Seat 8: Tosh didn't bet (folded)

[aquaman]

moose or FSU....I say Moose because of the bigger stack

[abby99]

I'd award the chip to imthatguy because he won the biggest portion (half) of the main pot, vs cdnmoose and FSU88, who were quartered.

Or if you're feeling really perverse, you could borrow two pair of pliers from nutN2Lewz (Home Poker Tourney), break the chip in half and then break one of the halves in half, and award the pieces accordingly.

[cdnmoose]

Low hand can never 'win' the pot outright however. Low hand can only chop.

[trutan]

Quit being such a scrooge and give em all a prize!

[Matthew]

If you think of the Bounty as part of the pot. Should be split between the 2 HI hand winners.

[kmalsom]

I asked this question last December. Don't have time to search for the thread, but the bounty goes to the person with the largest stack.

[imthatguy]

You could give it to the handsomest player...

[cdnmoose]

Originally Posted by kmalsom

I asked this question last December. Don't have time to search for the thread, but the bounty goes to the person with the largest stack.

I remember that thread, searched for it and couldn't find it.

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by abby99

I'd award the chip to imthatguy because he won the biggest portion (half) of the main pot, vs cdnmoose and FSU88, who were quartered.

Originally Posted by cdnmoose

Low hand can never 'win' the pot outright however. Low hand can only chop.

But in this case, imthatguy not only had the low for 1/2 the pot, but also had a high hand strong enough to beat jojo (but not strong enough to scoop)...

Tough one. I'd say "split the bounty the way the pot was split"... but I have no justification for why I say that, and I'm probably biased.
*EDIT* I was thinking of a monetary bounty; if it's a chip, please don't break it. Instead, increase the bounty to 4 chips and give Matty 2 of 'em.

By the way, I've heard of "the first player to call the all-in gets the bounty", but in this case, jojo was the BB and called all-in after the rest of the action... so that doesn't even work. Might it go to the pre-flop raiser (i.e. the first person to make the bet big enough that jojo would be all-in)?