How do you calculate pot percentage when some wins after an all in in poker?

My question is basicaaly this. I'm a novice in poker and just play at home for fun. So I want to know if i'm ahead in chips and I go all in and someone with lesser chips than me calls my bet, and if I (the person with higher chips) wins then the whole pot is mine, but if the person with lower chips wins do they get the entire pot(i.e. I'm out) or is the pot split by some percentage if so please tell me how to calculate that percentage.How do you calculate pot percentage when some wins after an all in in poker?
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no, you don't lose your whole stack(you can only lose what he has left plus what was already in the pot)



If you go all in and a player with a smaller stack calls, assuming no one else does, you just pull back any extra chips that you have beyond what he has left, he can't win those.(if you call his all in you just call what he bet) if he calls your all- in you only have to match what he has, you don't even need to put the extra chips in unless there's more than one caller)

IF he goes all in you can call by just matching what he puts in. If there are others involved there is a main pot (everything all players can win, that is, what he has left plus what was in the pot before the bet. each player still in contributes to the main pot an amount matching what he put in, then you and the other player(s) can still contest the side pot. (the side pot is any chips that are more than what was already in the pot plus an amount from each active player that matches the short stacks bet) In tournament play it is often advantageous not to bet the other guy(s) out who's contesting the side pot because you want to give yourselves the best chance of busting the guy who really is all-in. Never ever bluff a guy out in that situation(remember you can't bluff the guy who's all in so betting with nothing is a bad play in that spot), he may have been able to beat the all in player, the all in player may beat you so you gain nothing and possibly allow the player who is all in to stay in the game, unnecessarilly, when the other player could have busted him. It's bad strategy and bad ediquite to bluff someone out when there's a player all in(I teach online classes too if your interested email me at DonDoust@gmail.com) it's cheap and I can teach you to crush low stakes games.How do you calculate pot percentage when some wins after an all in in poker?
If you are all-in for 2000 chips, and someone with 1600 chips goes all in and wins, they can only win 1600 chips from you. You'd get your 400 back.



You can't win more chips from an opponent than you wager in the first place.