Build the Pots

How it works

• Each row shows what a player put in.
• A player who is all in can only win what they matched.
• Count the pot with the gold question mark.
• In the odd chip drill, seats run clockwise and D is the button.
• Play money only.

How we grade

Exact math

I count every pot chip by chip.

Robert's RulesTDA rule

The odd chip of a split pot goes to the first tied hand left of the button. Each pot is split on its own.

Side pots are paid before the main pot, starting with the last one built.

Robert's Rules

With more than one odd chip, no player gets more than one. The TDA rules do not say.

Dealer habits

• Build the main pot first: the smallest all in from every player.
• Keep each pot apart on the felt.
• Say who is in each pot before the cards turn.

See Michigan house rules

Where the rules come from

Robert's Rules of Poker, version 11, by Bob Ciaffone: Section 3, The Showdown, rule 7; Ties, rules 3, 4 and 5. Read Robert's Rules (version 11)

Poker TDA Rules, 2026 v1.1: Rule 17 and its Illustration Addendum examples, side pots paid first; Rule 21, odd chips; Rule 23, each pot split on its own. pokertda.com

TDA rules used by permission of the Poker TDA, Copyright 2026, http://www.pokertda.com, All rights reserved.

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