Editing Betting in poker (section)

====All-in before the deal====
If a player does not have sufficient money to cover the ante and blinds due, that player is automatically all-in for the coming hand.  Any money the player holds must be applied to the ante first, and if the full ante is covered, the remaining money is applied towards the blind.

Some cardrooms require players in the big blind position to have at least enough chips to cover the small blind (and ante if applicable) in order to be dealt in. In cash games with such a rule, any player in the big blind with insufficient chips to cover the small blind will not be dealt in unless they re-buy. In tournaments with such a rule, any player in the big blind with insufficient chips to cover the small blind will be eliminated with their remaining chips being removed from play.<ref>[http://www.slga.gov.sk.ca/prebuilt/public/Texas%20HoldEm%20Poker%20Tournament%20Terms%20and%20Conditions.pdf Example – Rule A.2(cc)(iii), Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Texas Hold 'Em Poker Terms and Conditions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505212502/http://www.slga.gov.sk.ca/prebuilt/public/Texas%20HoldEm%20Poker%20Tournament%20Terms%20and%20Conditions.pdf |date=2015-05-05 }}</ref>

If a player is all in for part of the ante, or the exact amount of the ante, an equal amount of every other player's ante is placed in the main pot, with any remaining fraction of the ante and all blinds and further bets in the side pot.

If a player is all in for part of a blind, all antes go into the main pot.  Players to act must call the complete amount of the big blind to call, even if the all-in player has posted less than a full big blind.  At the end of the betting round, the bets and calls will be divided into the main pot and side pot as usual.

For example, Alice is playing at a table with 10 players in a tournament with an ante of $1 and blinds of $4/$8.  Alice is due the big blind but she only has $8.  She must pay the $1 ante and apply the remaining $7 towards the big blind, and she is all in.  Dianne, next to act, calls $8, the full big blind amount.  Carol raises to $16 total.  All remaining players fold, the small blind folds, and Dianne folds.  The amount in the main pot is $10 (the sum of all antes) plus the full $4 small blind since Alice had this amount covered, plus $7 from Alice and every other player who called at least that amount, namely Dianne and Carol.  The main pot is therefore $10 + $4 + 3 × $7 = $35.  The side pot of $10 ($1 in excess of Alice's all-in bet from Dianne, and $9 in excess of Alice's all-in bet from Carol) is paid immediately to Carol when Dianne folds.