Mr. W., I suspected you weren't serious. That's funny -- I love the humor.
I realize this is a slight change of topic, but for those who give out something to represent the bounty, I'd like to know how you handle this. I'll use a hypothetical.
Basic Scenario (with bounty): There are no special bounty rules, so if two or more players knock a third guy out and tie, it's a split bounty. Oscar is the lowest stack. He gets 89o. Flop comes TJQ -- flush highly unlikely. He goes all in.
What do you do in the following situations?
1 -- Andy and Bill call. Both have AKo. Turn and river help no one. They tie, and knock Oscar out. Who gets the single bounty chip?
2 -- Andy, Bill, and Charlie call. All three have AKo. Turn and river help no one. They tie, and knock Oscar out. Who gets the single bounty chip?
3 -- Andy, Bill, Charlie, and Dan call. All four have AKo. Turn and river help no one. They tie, and knock Oscar out. Who gets the single bounty chip?
Comments
The split bounty is rare. We've had only a few. I think I remember one 3-way bounty split, and have never had 4-way come up that I recall, but they are possible.
I've thought of giving out bounties in 1/12. So maybe a bounty has a red chip for example. If it's a whole bounty, they get a red chip. White chips for example are used for partial bounties. If a bounty is split, those 12 chips are divided among those who tie. The challenge I see most bounties I see are $5, $10, or some multiple of $5. I think split bounties would make it more difficult to pay on the spot since the TD might not have change. I actually do keep a few bucks in change in my cash box in a bag just in case. The only times it has come up though, players have donated the "change" to the house
One of the reasons I use paper to record in these cases is because it's very easy to figure out by paper, but having 2 different bounty chips with one of them being a partial seems unwieldy to me. A split bounty seems to me to be 12 good reasons for not using bounty chips if bounty splits are possible.
Paying split bounties in my situation would be more difficult where my tables are in different rooms as a necessity. Until I saw this thread, I don't know that I'd ever given any real thought to paying bounties immediately. I might see it at a break, or even a short stop at the end of a round to pay out bounties.