Chip Race Examples

Example 1: All $5 chips are being removed from the a tournament. The next-highest denomination is a $25 chip. After coloring up, four players have leftover $5 chips. Adam has 3, Ben has 2, Cody has 4, and Dan has 1. The chips add up evenly so that two $25 chips will be given out. After dealing, each player has...

Adam
QcQdQs		 Ben
Ac9c		 Cody
Ah3h2h		 Dan
As

Ben wins the first chip with an ace, nine. Cody wins the second with ace, three, two. Even though Dan has the ace of spades, the rank is not considered because there is tie. If Dan received a second card and it was a also a nine, then the rank of suits would've been used.

Example 2: All $100 chips are being removed. The next-highest denomination is a $500 chip. After coloring up, three players have 11 leftover $100 chips. Adam has 3, Ben has 3, and Cody has 3. The dealer rounds up to determine that two $500 chips will be given out. The dealer gives the players...

Adam
QsQc4d		 Ben
QdQh4s		 Cody
Kh3d2s
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Cody wins the first chip with a king. Adam and Ben are tied with the same hand though. Adam wins the second chip because his highest ranked card is the queen of spades.

Example 3: Same as above, except Adam has 4, Ben has 4, and Cody has 3. Since $1100 in $500 chips cannot be given out, the dealer rounds up to $1500, or three $500 chips. Since three chips are going to be given out to three players, the race is not necessary since each player can only receive one chip at most. Each player is given one $500 chip.

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