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I did agree that Tom's decision could be a possible outcome, but would not necessarily be true if there were a "Gross Misunderstanding of the required calling amount". In other words, if Bill had raised exactly half of the players remaining chips, I would not have made him move all-in.

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The more I think about it the more I think this is where you went wrong (IMO of course). IMO, the BB is no longer entitled to 'an understanding of the required calling amount' because he acted out of turn. He apparently didn't care because he didn't know and didn't ask. If Edler had decided to raise exactly half of the BB's chips he damn sure should have been forced to reraise all-in. Why is the BB getting let off easy here...at the expense of the other two in the hand who did nothing wrong?

So I'm even more convinced that letting Edler decide his reraise amount and then forcing the BB to raise at least the minimum is the best decision here. No decision is going to be perfect but the best decision is the one that punishes the person who made the mistake and does not punish those that didn't.