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An interesting follow-up of the table stake rules is when there needs to be a regulation to determine how to open a bet in a situation where only all-in hands are playing. This condition happens when all those participating in the poker game have gone all-in or when there is only one player still active while all his opponents are all-in. The logical conclusion of this situation is that no further betting action can take place now. If this happens, most major poker tournaments and also some casino houses state that all the players involved in the game open or alternatively, reveal their hole cards. The game cannot be continued till the dealer sees everyone has turned their face down cards upwards. In games like 7-card stud poker, where the final round is played by dealing a hole card as the last card in the game, can be dealt with its face up. This regulation is also followed in online poker games where whenever a situation comes where all or all but one player has gone all-in, all hole cards are required to be flipped around and when any more hole cards are being dealt they are done so automatically as face up cards. This rule is very effective in restricting connivance among players in tournament games in such way as chip dumping which means that two players with an understanding between themselves make an arrangement so that one loses all his chips to the other intentionally thereby increasing the second player’s odds of winning.

In contrast to table stakes rule, poker games often involve another set of regulations called the open stakes. According to this concept, players are permitted to refill their stake by buying extra chips or taking a cash loan. This kind of play is mostly found in private poker games. Most casinos don’t allow chip buy as speed of the game is affected by such delays. However, in some casinos buying additional chips during a hand is not against house rule though loan of money or exchange of IOUs is always strictly banned.