By poker_boy | 2 Comments
Last updated: Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 52 Views Tags: flop turn river, poker
A poker question that should definitely interest you all this week
Question: small blind:
big blind:
flop:
turn:
river:
big blind:
flop:
turn:
river:
what are the minimums and limits?
Answer: $2/$4 limit poker.
Small blind is $1
Big Blind is $2.
The betting preflop and on the flop is $2. It can be raised 3 times, so the most you’d have to put in is $8
On the turn and river, the betting is $4. It can be raised 3 times, so the most you’d have to put in would be $16.
There minimum is the same as the limit on the bet. It’s either $2 or $4. That’s it.
Comments
2 comments
Mike Smith
September 23, 2010
Most fixed-limit games will not allow more than a predefined number of raises in a betting round. The maximum number of raises depends on the casino house rules, and is usually posted conspicuously in the card room. Typically, an initial bet plus either three or four raises are allowed.
Consider this example in a $20/$40 game, with a posted limit of a bet and three raises. During a $20 round with three players, play could proceed as follows:
* Player A bets $20.
* Player B puts in another bet, raises another $20, making it $40 to play.
* Player C puts in a third bet, raising another $20 on that, thus making it $60 to play.
* Player A puts in the fourth bet (she is usually said to cap the betting).
Once Player A has made her final bet, Players B and C may only call another two and one bets (respectively); they may not raise again because the betting is capped.
A common exception in this rule practiced in some card rooms is to allow unlimited raising when a pot is played heads up (when only two players are in the hand at the start of the betting round). Usually, this has occurred because all other players have folded, and only two remain, although it is also practiced when only two players get dealt in. Many card rooms will permit these two players to continue re-raising each other until one player is all in.
September 23, 2010
A $2/$4 limit game would have a small blind of $1 and a big blind of $2. Bets and raises pre-flop and on the flop are in $2 increments, and at most casinos would allow the betting to be raised up to 4 bets on all rounds. So, the maximum the bets can get up to pre-flop and on the flop is $8 in total. On the turn and river, bets and raises are made in $4 increments. The maximum total of the bets on the turn is $16. On the river, if there are more than two players in the pot, bets are again capped at 4 maximum bets, or $16. But if there are only two players left in the pot, most casinos allow unlimited raises.