You're in a satellite tournament with many entry prizes, just before the bubble. Everyone is going all in on pretty much every hand, knowing they won't get called. Acting out of turn is binding.

Is it ok to announce that you are going all-in when out of turn? Your verbal statement is binding, and you know that your opponent is very reluctant to call, so you steal the blinds. Is there any punishment for this behaviour? Or can your opponent release you from your obligation to raise if they wish?

To answer your specific question, acting out of turn is against the rules. Usually it's not punished (other than be binding) because it's usually inadvertent. However if people think you're acting out of turn intentionally, especially in a tournament, you should be punished.

Also, usually but not always, out of turn action is binding only if action doesn't change in front. So, if someone raised ahead of you you'd no longer be bound to your all in.

Just play poker.

+1 above ... Try sitting out an orbit when short-stacked on a bubble, not fun!!

The changing action is where it counts. The 'if-then' statements are not binding in most rooms but you may never know exactly how a ruling will go once a Floor has been called. GL

Your punishment is having everyone know what you're going to do before you see your cards. I would welcome you telling me what you're going to do before you see your cards because it would help me to play better against you.

I also wouldn't be upset though if the tournament director gave you a penalty though.

He never said go all-in blind, he said out of turn.

Punishment is that this type of move, in this situation, is a terrible move and easily exploitable.

It is against the rules too, and a penalty here can end your run pretty quick.

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Several people stated it is only beneficial to the other players and hurts you but this is only true for players before you. Players still left to act after you are also negatively effected by your OOT action. This should be handled with a warning and subsequent penalties by the TD.

Assuming this is a MTT, allowing actions like this to occur at one table can affect the outcome of people at other tables as well. This is my 'go to' line when I'm trying to reign in a player in a MTT ... He is not only affecting action at his table, he is also indirectly putting players at other tables in an unfair situation.

Now if this was a charity event or 'more social' than serious I think the rules can be relaxed to a certain point where everyone can have more fun perhaps. Tough spot and fine line for a dealer/Floor at these events. GL

No.
Yes. Starts with a penalty and progresses from there.
If they raise in turn ahead of you, you would no longer be held to your all in.

That's not precisely correct. Actually it's impossible for the "action" to not change - the players in front of you are going to do something. There are only certain actions that change things. For example, you could say "check" out of turn. But if somebody bets, that makes your action actually illegal and irrelevant, so obviously you're going to get out of it. Another example would be someone bets and you raise to $100 out of turn. If someone raises to $50 before you, your action obviously no longer makes sense. However going all in is usually going to be binding regardless of what happens before you, because it's perfectly legal. In fact, this sometimes happens heads up. You put in half your stack on the button preflop. Before the flop comes out you put the rest of your stack out there. That's a legal bet and then the OOP player can decide what he wants to do when he sees the flop.