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...
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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...
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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.

















