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Step 1
Play with what you have on the table. Once the poker hand has begun, there's no running to the ATM to get more money, and borrowing it from a friend is out of the question. If you have a great hand, this is a detriment because you can't make as much money. At least, though, you're never out of the game.
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Step 2
Go all in, or bet everything. If you have limited funds and choose to go all in, the play doesn't quit there. Other players can continue to bet on the hand. You, however, are excluded from sharing in the money from those bets since you didn't add any. These additional bets are poker side pots.
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Step 3
Realize that there can be several side pots. The player with the least amount may participate in the first pot. Once another player needs a second pot, everyone else playing the hand is involved with that one. The process continues like this, with a new side pot starting each time a player runs out of money.
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Step 4
Bet one time and have a lot of side pots. If a large bet starts the betting, for example $5000, and player A only has $300, then the first side pot is for $4700 or the difference between the amount he bet and the whole bet. If player B has only $500 dollars then the second side pot is between the amount of $301 and $500 and a third pot is started.
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Step 5
Start several in the middle. Most play that has unevenly matched money amounts may have several side pots. If the player B in the scenario above has only $1000, then the second pot starts at $4000. This changes if the third player has less than $1000. The primary pot reduces to her amount. For example, if she has $300, the second pot is between $301 and $1000. The third poker side pot starts at $1001 and higher.
