{
  "title": "Poker action out of turn: six constructed cases",
  "profile": "Poker TDA 2024 v1.0",
  "accessDate": "2026-09-07",
  "timezone": "Europe/Oslo",
  "source": "https://www.pokertda.com/view-poker-tda-rules/",
  "assumptions": [
    "No-limit Hold’em tournament",
    "Blinds 100/200; turn betting round",
    "All amounts in tournament chips",
    "Clear declarations; sufficient chips; no all-ins",
    "Prompt correction except Case 6",
    "Examples omit strategic cards, rake and ante assumptions because no strategic EV is calculated"
  ],
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "setup": "A then B; no turn wager yet",
      "early": "B bets 600 before A acts",
      "restored": "A checks",
      "result": "B must bet 600",
      "distinction": "A check leaves the wager unchanged",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 53A"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "setup": "A then B; no turn wager yet",
      "early": "B bets 600 before A acts",
      "restored": "A bets 300",
      "result": "B has a fresh legal choice against 300: call, raise or fold",
      "distinction": "An opening bet changes the action",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 53A"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "setup": "A, B, C; A bets 300",
      "early": "C raises to 900 total before B responds",
      "restored": "B calls 300",
      "result": "C must raise to 900 total",
      "distinction": "A call adds chips but does not raise the wager",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 53A"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "setup": "A, B, C; A bets 300",
      "early": "C raises to 900 total before B responds",
      "restored": "B raises to 600 total",
      "result": "C has a fresh legal choice against 600: call, raise or fold",
      "distinction": "A raise changes the action",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 53A"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "setup": "Three active players A, B, C; no turn wager yet; C remains live after B folds",
      "early": "B folds before A acts",
      "restored": "A bets 300",
      "result": "B remains folded",
      "distinction": "An early fold does not follow the wager-release shortcut",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 53A and 58"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "setup": "A, B, C; no turn wager yet; A has reasonable time to object",
      "early": "A is skipped; B bets 600; C calls; A remains silent until after both actions",
      "restored": "Floor reviews A’s skipped hand",
      "result": "B’s bet and C’s call bind; floor decides A’s hand treatment",
      "distinction": "The wager binding does not imply an automatically dead skipped hand",
      "rule": "TDA 2024 v1.0 36 and 53B"
    }
  ]
}