ALL-IN Confusion...

[K-rug]

I know I said I wouldn't reply.

But I couldn't resist feeding into this. Did you just try compare the British Empire and colonialism resulting in the Revolutionary War to Texas Hold'em? Let me the first to say, bahahahahahahaha.

*ahem*

Unless you have the nuts 100% of the time you go all-in there is no way you can know that you WILL win. You can think you will win. The odss may be in your favor. But I've seen pocket A's get beat by pocket 2's before. That fact of the matter is, unless you are hosting your own game and change the established rules of poker. You cannot win more than you bet. End of story.

[Always_Bored]

End of story.

i 100% agree.

[Holtzdog]

Actually the end of the Story, as you put it, was when I agreed that I was WRONG in my second post to this topic.....it was the FOOD FOR THOUGHT that kept this going and you guys bought right into it......NOW IT'S THE END>

[Dave B]

I know you want to move on, but just to simply answer one of your questions.

I am the 1st to act and I have $700. I go all in. Some players have $2000, others only have $500, $400, $200. I cant go only as much as my opponent has, since I dont know who will call.

Also-if they act 1st and go all in w/ less than I have why would I go all in? It speeds the game up. If I win, it just get all of his and we dont need to count the chips. If he wins, then we need to count his up to determine how much he won. If it is a tie, then we can each pull our final bets back and split the pot.