The Blinds

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:56:27 +0000

In other poker games you can play in our online casino, everyone has to put an ante, or a small amount of money, into the pot, so that there’s some incentive to play a hand. In Texas hold ‘em, everyone takes a turn being “the blinds.” The person to the immediate left of the button has to post (or bet) what’s called the small blind. The person next to the small blind has to post the big blind. These are essentially forced bets that add money to the pot to get things going. How much the blinds have to bet depends on the betting limits or structure of the particular table. For example, the most popular game in card rooms right now is $3-$6 Texas hold ‘em. That is, betting and raising are done in increments of $3 for the first two rounds, and $6 for the last two rounds. The big blind is usually the smaller of the two numbers, which in $3-$6 would be $3. The small blind is typically half or less of the big blind - in most $3-$6 games, it’s a buck. But don’t worry, the casino dealer will tell you exactly how much you need to bet to get the action started.
Except for the two blinds, no one at the table has to post anything.

No limit hold’em

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:54:56 +0000

Players who grow tired of no fold ‘em hold ‘em often get frustrated and think that no-limit is the best way to play. They think that in $3-$6 you can’t push someone off a pot because it’s only costing your opponents a few bucks to try to catch the one card in the deck that can save them. In no-limit, they can bet $100 with a good hand and drive those river rats out.
Although that’s true to a point, no-limit is not “real” poker. No-limit is lazy poker. It’s for people who don’t have the patience to wait for the good starting hands to come along and want to bully people around at the table with their chips. And if that’s the way they approach no-limit, they’re going to quickly find themselves broke by the more experienced players.
But there is a way to quickly jump into the world of no-limit poker without worrying about things like pot odds and other minutiae. follow this simple no-limit betting method to start winning immediately:
1. Buy in for as little as you can. Whatever the minimum buy-in is, go with that. If it’s a $50-$200 no-limit table, buy only $50. You want to appear as nonthreatening as possible.
2. Play only the absolute best hands. Don’t even consider anything less than pocket Eight-Eight - and if anyone has raised pre-flop, it’ll take an amazing hand to keep you from folding.
3. If you’re the first to act, raise five times the big blind.
4. After the flop, you’re either going to fold or go all-in.
That’s it. You’re only going to make two bets: one before the flop and one after. And with this method, not only is it profitable, it’s also extremely tough to defend against.

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The Blinds

No limit hold’em