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Side pot calculator.

When players go all-in for different amounts, the chips split into a main pot and side pots. Change each stack to see how much is in each pot and who can win it.

Side pot builderEveryone is all-in
Main pot$80AnnBenCaraDev
Side pot 1$90BenCaraDev
Side pot 2$60CaraDev

Each player can only win, from each opponent, as much as they put in themselves. The shortest stack can win only the main pot; the side pots are decided among the players who paid into them. Chips no one could match go back to their owner.

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Questions people ask

How do side pots work?
You can only win from each opponent as much as you put in yourself. The smallest all-in sets the main pot (that amount from every player); anything bet beyond it goes into a side pot among the players who put it in.
Can the all-in player win the side pot?
No. They can only win the pots they paid into. The side pot is decided among the players who put chips in it, even if the all-in player has the best hand.
Which pot is decided first?
Side pots are usually settled first, starting with the last one made, then the main pot. The result is the same either way: each pot goes to the best hand among the players in it.
What happens to chips nobody can match?
If one player bets more than anyone can call, the unmatched part goes straight back to them. It isn't part of any pot.
Why did a worse hand win a pot?
It probably won a side pot. A short stack with the best hand wins the main pot, and the side pot goes to the best hand among the bigger stacks, which can be weaker.

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