A short all-in doesn't reopen the betting

Went looking at dealer procedure again and ended up checking the rule home games
argue about longest. The tool had it wrong.

Blinds 1/2. Seat 4 raises to 10 — a full raise of 8. Seat 1 calls. Seat 2 is
all-in for 13: three more, where a full raise would need eight. Under TDA rule 44
that does not reopen the betting to anyone who has already acted; they owe the
extra three or they fold. Seat 1 and seat 4 were both being handed another go.

Two things were wrong in raiseTo. Any increase at all reset hasActed for every
live player, so a short shove gave the whole table another chance to raise. And
lastRaiseSize was overwritten with the short amount, so the next legal raise was
computed off 3 instead of 8 and came out too small — a second, quieter error that
only shows up when somebody then tries to raise.

Both now key off whether the increase was actually a full raise. A player who had
not yet acted keeps full rights, which falls out naturally because their hasActed
is already false — that distinction is the part of the rule people get wrong in
the other direction.

Everyone still owes the difference: isStreetComplete already asks anyone with
chips left to call, so the short all-in is answered without being re-raiseable.

The rulings sheet now covers what the tool does for you

It had three entries. A dealer challenged on a payout couldn't look up why the
tool did what it did, even for the rules it enforces automatically. Added the
short all-in rule above, uncalled chips coming back rather than being announced
as a side pot, and the odd chip in a chopped pot going to the first player left
of the button — all three are things this tool already decides silently, and all
three are worth being able to point at when somebody objects.

10 tests (137 total): already-acted players aren't reopened but still owe the
difference, a player yet to act keeps full rights, the minimum raise isn't
shrunk, calling it ends the street, no chips are created, and — the other half of
the rule — a full-sized all-in, an ordinary raise, a raise exactly matching the
last one, and a full-sized opening bet all still reopen everyone.

Validated through the real action bar: after the short shove, lastRaiseSize stays
8 and the player who had already called stays settled, while the two who hadn't
acted keep their turn. The longer rulings sheet still fits a phone, scrolls, traps
focus and closes on Escape.

Sources: TDA rules via thelodgepokerclub.com/tda-rules/,
pokernews.com/strategy/deal-with-it-tips-for-mistake-free-dealing-in-home-games-30231.htm

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015bnp7xKUPFFSpwkYNFaPgb

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             </p>
         </section>
 
+        <section class="ruling">
+            <h3>A short all-in doesn't reopen the betting</h3>
+            <p>
+                Somebody shoving in less than a full raise — say $3 more when the last
+                raise was $8 — does not give the players behind them another go. Anyone
+                who has already acted owes the difference or folds; they don't get to
+                raise again because a short stack happened to land between them.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                A player who hadn't acted yet keeps full rights and may still raise, and
+                the minimum raise stays measured off the last <em>full</em> raise, not
+                off the short one. The action bar follows this for you.
+            </p>
+        </section>
+
+        <section class="ruling">
+            <h3>Chips nobody called come back</h3>
+            <p>
+                Bet more than anyone was able to call and the excess is returned to you
+                before the showdown — it was never contested, so it isn't part of the
+                pot. The pot breakdown shows it as "uncalled" rather than pretending it's
+                a side pot you could win.
+            </p>
+        </section>
+
+        <section class="ruling">
+            <h3>The odd chip in a split pot</h3>
+            <p>
+                When a chopped pot won't divide evenly, the odd chip goes to the first
+                player left of the button, not to whoever the dealer happened to tick
+                first. Pot payouts here order the winners that way, so the leftover lands
+                on the right seat every time.
+            </p>
+        </section>
+
         <p class="rulingsSource">
             Follows the Tournament Directors Association rules, which most rooms and
             home games take their lead from.