Can you make sidebets for tournament chips?

gerry87 · #1 10-01-2006, 03:10 PM

In tournaments are there any specific rules that you can't make sidebets with other players for tournament chips?

Or sometimes you hear, "I'll show you what i had for one of them pink chips"

Is it against the rules?

betgo · #2 10-01-2006, 03:14 PM

What do you think?

gerry87 · #3 10-01-2006, 03:17 PM

i'm guessing no

Cornell Fiji · #4 10-01-2006, 03:18 PM

No. This is always illegal.

Betgo, it was a stupid question but the title of the thread said what it would be about. If you weren't interested then don't read the thread. There is no need to be a dick

Jekyll · #5 10-01-2006, 03:32 PM

umm, no

betgo · #6 10-01-2006, 03:38 PM

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No. This is always illegal.

Betgo, it was a stupid question but the title of the thread said what it would be about. If you weren't interested then don't read the thread. There is no need to be a dick

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You are not allowed to transfer tournament chips to anyone, put them in your pocket, intentionally dump chips to someone through play etc., so it seems pretty obvious sidebets like that are not allowed.

runout_mick · #7 10-02-2006, 12:48 AM

Anytime you do anything to alter a players stack through other than legitimate means, it affects EVERY player in the tournament. Even seemingly trivial amounts can have a drastic effect on outcomes.

Example:

Say you and I have a sidebet for 100 chips, and I win (It's ALWAYS red after 3 blacks). Shortly after that I call tournadonks bluff with my 74 sooted, and his 66 sucks out on me leaving me with 75 chips.

Fast forward 3 hours, 1 spot until the money, and I'm chipleader due to my superior skill. Shortstack UTG fish pushes into my BB for 13bb on a clear bluff. I look down to see K9 (offsuit, but beggars can't be choosers), and am pretty much pot committed, so I call. This time my K holds up vs his QQ (What was he thinking?), and we're IN THE MONEY BABY!!!11!.

Small 100 chip sidebet.

Big consequences for bubbleboy and his starving family.