Definitions for "Sidepot"
Keywords:  win, pot, amongst, goes, eligible
Bets made outside of the initial pot are considered to form a Side Pot. Usually this happens when more than two players are in a hand, and one of them is all in and the other players have more chips available than the player whom is all in. Because he is not entitled to win more chips than he bets, and is unable to bet more than all he has, the other players with the higher chip count can make a Side Pot between them so that if the low-stacked player wins, he does not collect more than he wagered. In this situation, if the low-stacked player did win, the better hand amongst the higher-stacked players would win the side pot.
In a multi-way pot, a sidepot is created for other players if one player goes all-in. These other players bets and raises will go to the sidepot, and only the players that participated in the sidepot are eligible to win it.
This occurs when one or more players at the table are ALL-IN.