Ok so I was playing with my friends tuesday night. The big blind went all in and was knocked out. Now there's no one in the position that should be small blind.

My friend who was in the position that should be big blind had the player not been knocked out insisted that he is now small blind and the player next to him is big blind.

I said that's not right because then he gets to skip being big blind.

My solution was that there was no small blind (the player that should have been small blind was knocked out) that hand. The next hand the button sits on the empty seat and things are corrected from there.

I'm not totally certain that's the correct process though, anyone know for sure?

Ok so I was playing with my friends tuesday night. The big blind went all in and was knocked out. Now there's no one in the position that should be small blind.

My friend who was in the position that should be big blind had the player not been knocked out insisted that he is now small blind and the player next to him is big blind.

I said that's not right because then he gets to skip being big blind.

My solution was that there was no small blind (the player that should have been small blind was knocked out) that hand. The next hand the button sits on the empty seat and things are corrected from there.

I'm not totally certain that's the correct process though, anyone know for sure?

I'm not sure about "Regulation" I've seen different House Tables do different things. My house does what you suggested. Small Blind gets skipped. That way nobody gets a free ride.

Your friend was definately doing it the wrong way though.
No way that **** would float.

Ok... here's the scoop Jed. Found it for you.
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Besides betting procedures, another common area of questioning is the blinds. Specifically, what happens when a player who should be paying a blind gets knocked out of the tourney on the previous hand. The rule of thumb when moving the blinds is that the big blind escapes no one. Granted, it may not happen that way at all of the online poker rooms, but in the real world of face-to-face poker, the big blind escapes no one.

The easy way to keep track of moving the blinds is to move the big blind one player each hand, and establish the dealer behind it. If the person paying the small blind has been knocked out, no one pays the small blind. But the big blind moves only one chair at a time.

It is perfectly ok for someone to deal twice in a row. It is even ok for someone to deal three times in a row. It is not ok for someone to have the big blind skip over them, or to pay the big blind twice in a row.

Awesome, I was right then. He bitched about it for like 15 minutes. Where'd you find that, I need to rub his nose in it. :)

Awesome, I was right then. He bitched about it for like 15 minutes. Where'd you find that?

Ha! You Googlen00b!

Type in "what if small blind gets knocked out"
It's the first one - http://www.tournamentwatch.com/

No, just lazy. :)