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during tournaments players need to get moved from one table to another in order to keep all the tables balanced. there is debate in some card rooms which is the correct or the fairest way to do this. most card rooms in the UK  elect one of these two options

1. smallest stack at one table moves from the table and will be seated at the most favorable position futherest from the blinds

2. next on the big blind is moved from the table and is seated at the nearest position to the blinds including both small and big blind positions

any advice or opinions are welcome. please take this serious as it could effect most card rooms in the UK

lol this is a gift from god.

No need to debate - it's 2, 2 and nothing but the 2*.  Common sense alone dictates the first one is pure silliness, unless your plan as TD is to disadvantage short stacks unfairly, and make sure the chip distribution around the room is not at all random as the tables shrink. 



*Except you can't move into the small blind - if this seat is the only one available the mover just misses a hand, and the button passes over them.




I hope this was a real inquiry, it's very late and I just can't tell any more...if you'd suggested "Moving the stack closest to the average in chips and putting them on the button by inserting an extra seat " as one of the options it would be more obvious if you're kidding...

Short stack... car park.... END OF!

What a great first post, welcome to Blonde.
 ;popcorn;

 rotflmfao ;popcorn;

Any decent cardroom will move the next Big Blind, however the short stack should be moved to the bar and buy the remaining players all a drink.

And naturally, the short stack should be made to pay the big blind every hand until his sorry a$$ is out of the tourney. Preferably from the car park.

just move adamM problem solved

these things are sent to test me.
I have received my award and learned from my mistake. I will no longer be biting on things like this.


knock yourselves out
 ;nana;

You did receieve your Certificate, but it isnt proudly displayed on your wall is it ... you left it at the casino !!

I picked it up, so let me know if you want it.

yes please. I did put it in my backgammon case for safe keeping but I played Bongo afterwards so must have took it out.

I want to keep it by the pc to remind me not to take the bait when the wind up merchants are fishing.

I'll PM my address

LOL ok mate, £15 P&P should cover it ;)

It'll cancel out the free p&p on your two tshirts

Hi Mountaingoat, & welcome to blonde.

May I ask why the answer will affect everyone, as you suggest?

Jen (djinn) has given the perfect answer. I only now of one Venue in the UK which moves the short-stack, which is clearly an unfair option.

Post more!

I would like to point out that this will not affect any Grosvenor cardrooms or gukpt events. we will always go with 2

....as will the EPT, GKPT (one assumes), WSOP-E, APAT, & just about every other Tourney & event. Common sense rules!

The Stanley casino Tile Hill Coventry moves the smallest stack, saw it done on Tuesday straight into the big blind.

ouch

And according to World Poker Rules (Thomas Kremsers new rules site, and the new TDA rules) on the splitting of tables you can be moved straight into the small blind, which i am not sure i agree with?

impossible to move into the SB as the BB would then have to BB then BB the SB
only way i can see it possible to move into SB is if both the BB and SB move into empty seats on left of button
after a tbale break down

eh? How so?

with grosvenor players may move to any position on the table bar in between the dealer and small blind. players may come in on the sb, bb and the button

flushy

i am in seat 5 and bb seat 4 is vacant seat 3 is sb seat 2 is button

next hand someone is moved into seat 4 seat 3 is now button seat 4 is sb who pays the bb seat 5 thats who

so thats why you cannont move someone into the sb

i know this as on my first trip to the vic it happened to me and i didnt kick up a big enough fuss as i was unsure of rules

and didnt want to make a spectacle of myself

Sorry i was assuming a dead SB situation. In the situation you described i guess they mean you would be allowed to guest

Theoretically it could happen if the utg was seat 5, the bb was seat 4 and the sb was seat 3.  Seat 4 gets knocked out and starts a fight with flushy causing sufficient delay for him to be replaced by the new player. 

ps in tallinn they were moving the player in exactly the same relative button position as the eliminated player including the sb on a couple of occasions.