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danSingleton

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When playing big and little blind tourney hold'em: is there a rule for when there's a dead blind.
For example: the little blind gets knocked out, so the next dealer is the player who was recently big blind, are they dealer and little blind and get first card, then dealer the next hand too just not in the blind.
Or lets say big blind gets knocked out, now the next dealer is still the same but what happens with little blind, is it dead? And continue usual play next hand?
 
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If the small blind gets knocked out, you would have a dead dealer, so the person who dealt the hand where the small blind got knocked out would deal again. If the big blind got knocked out, UTG in that hand is now the big blind, there is a dead small blind and the dealer in the knockout hand deals again. That's how we play it anyways. No one misses a blind and no one gets hit twice.
 
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Dragon fly is correct,that is how we play as well.
The button just stays in the same place until it works itself out in the next hand.
Noone misses a blind and noone misses the button,obviously except the said person who got knocked out.
 
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Easiest way to work out dead buttons is actually to ignore the button altogether - at least to start with.

The rule is intended to ensure that nobody misses their blind or is charged extra blinds. So what you do is always move the big blind one seat to the left. Get the big blind right and everything else just falls into place, as the small blind and the button just "follow" the big blind along and if they happen to fall on a seat that was vacated last hand, then there's a dead small blind or button.

The button and the small blind should never be in the same seat, unless you're playing heads-up.

In OP's example where the small blind gets knocked out on a hand, there's a dead button on the next hand. The player that was the big blind last hand is small blind this hand, and the player that was UTG last hand is the big blind this hand.

The player who was on the button last hand is the one that gets the advantage, because he/she effectively gets to be the button twice in a row.
 
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