Not enough to cover the blind

[loweml]

This is a situation that recently came up in a friendly game that I play in about once a month:

Bob is the big blind...$50
Joe is the small blind...$25
Joe only has $10

Can Joe win Bob's $50 and the $50 from any other player who plays? Or can Joe only win $10 from Bob and $10 from any other player who plays?

I know that in an all in situation when a player is short on chips, his bet goes into a side pot and can only win what he can wager, but my buddy says that those rules don't apply to a blind situation.


Please advise....

[Poker_Vendetta]

Yikes, sounds pretty tough. Since he bets all of his money he is all in, so if he wins he will win 10 if he is playing against 1 and wins, and 20 if he beats two guys and what not. The sb doesn't matter anymore I believe, and the side pot will go to the guy who isn't all in that has second best hand. I think that is how it would go, I'm not entirely sure though, just giving the answer that SEEMS right.

[Golden Holden]

Yup, he can only win $10 from any other player who gets in... This would be the main pot, and all other bets over that would go into a side pot.

Allowing the guy with $10 to win $25 would be a pretty nice break. Too nice!