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All In - Going All-In
The term all-in applies to a player who is faced with a bet in which to match it would mean committing the players remaining chips to the pot, where the player would be said to be 'All In'. A player can be also bet the remainder of his/her chips to force other people from calling and so take down the pot.
When a player goes all in, the player cannot win more than the value of the chips committed, for instance, if player A went all in for $1,000 with two players behind him, Player B re-raises to $10,000 and player C also called the $10,000 bet. The most that player A could win would be $3,000, the value of his remaining chips from each player. In this instance $3,000 would be put into one pot (against all 3 players) and players B and C would enter a side pot, in this case $18,000 (so far). Any further betting between players B and C would be added to the $18,000 side pot. All that player A can win is the main pot of $3,000 regardless of whether the player beats all other players. If player B or C were to win, they would take down the side pot and the main of of $3,000.
There is a real advantage at times to 'moving all in'. Players usually 'move in' when they are low on chips (usually less than 10 times the big blind). The advantage is that there are no more decisions to be made and a player cannot be bluffed out of the pot. The added advantage is that moving in may force everyone else out of the pot without having to face a showdown.
The all in move can also be used to steal pots and is particularly useful when in the later stages of tournament play and the blinds are substantial (best played in late position).
Other All In Scenarios
If a player does not have enough money to cover the ante and blinds for the coming hand, the player would be all-in for that hand. Any money the player holds must be applied to the ante first, and if the full ante is covered, the remaining money is applied towards the blind.
If a player was to become all in before the deal for part of the ante, or the exact amount, then in similar fashion, every other player in the hand would contribute the exact same amount of ante to the main pot with anything remaining going to a side pot - the key is that the player all in cannot win more than he/she contributes to the pot. Because the antes are always met first (before the blinds), if a player can only meet part of the blind, all players would still have to match the big blind to stay in the hand (even though a player was all in and had only posted part of the blind). A side pot would be used to ensure that the player all-in could only win what he had contributed to the pot.
Multiple All Ins
There is one additional rule used particularly in online poker and this is that when all players in the pot are all in, all players cards are turned up before any more cards are dealt. When all cards are turned up (for the whole table to see), the remaining cards are dealt so see who the winner is.
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