A short all-in doesn't reopen the betting

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jheapsandClaude Opus 5	aeb02d023d	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	2026-09-01 07:52:08 -06:00

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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

2026-09-01 07:52:08 -06:00

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