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Drills • Math

Side Pots

Build fluency in foundational poker math so tough decisions at the table become clearer—and advanced strategy has a stronger foundation.

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Training Objective

Know the pots well enough to verify the result.

Multiway all-ins can get complicated quickly when players have different stack sizes. Once the chips are separated into a main pot and side pots, you want to be able to follow how those amounts were built and who is eligible for each one.

Practice calculating the main pot and each side pot from the players' all-in amounts, so you can check the final totals for yourself and recognize when something doesn't add up. The goal is to stay oriented in messy all-in situations and make sure the pot amounts are correct.