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Originally Posted by willy85
Dealers:
What is the most side pots you have had to make in a hand? Do you use any tricks to help remember which players are eligible for which pots?
The key is to get the players to help you by announcing who is eligible for each pot. After making the main pot, point to the eligible player who had the lowest chip count "Sir, you can win the main pot". Then build the second pot and point to the next player; "Sir, you can win this and this". Continue until the all the pots are made and assigned.
I've always found the repetition, along with the eye contact I made with the players as I was assigning the pots, made me remember who was eligible for each pot.
It's standard procedure, but doesn't always happen that way.
Incidently, my most tedious sidepot experience while dealing was a five way AI preflop where the players had A's, K's, Q's, J's and, you guessed it, 10's. The stack sizes were $55 to $1200, with 2 players having 1k+. Took me a minute.