Betting
If you want to make
some money when playing your friends,
you need to know
how to bet.
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Blinds Texas Hold’em does not have an ante, but they do have “blinds”
if you want to stay in the game. The person left of the dealer is considered
the small blind and the person two left of the dealer is the big blind. The
small and big blind values can be decided by the players. For practice, we
are going to use five cents as the small blind and ten cents as the big
blind. Generally, the big blind is always twice as large as the small blind.
The blinds are placed in the “pot” before dealing. |
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Betting After the Personal Cards are Dealt: Fold The person left of the big blind is the first to act. This
person can do one of three things; call, bet, or fold. If you decide that
your hand is not worth playing, you should fold. To do this, throw your hand
to the side, face down. |
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Betting After the Personal Cards are Dealt: Call If you would like to stay in the game, but you don’t have an
exceptional hand, you should call. This means that you are willing to pay the
blinds but prefer not to pay any more. So in our example, we will make it ten
cents. If you are small blind and want to call the bet, you need to pay only
five more cents. If you are the big blind and you are not planning to bet,
just say check. |
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Betting After the Personal Cards are Dealt: Bet If you have a really exceptional hand, and you would like to
attempt to raise the stakes, you can make a bet. To make a bet, you need to
first state what you plan to do. Announce that you would like to make a bet,
then let them know how much you want to bet over the price of the blinds.
(Because we are playing No Limit Texas Hold’em, you can bet any amount) Place
the total amount into the pot, or kitty. Anyone who wants to stay in the game
needs to fold, call, or raise. (Raising works the same way as betting.) |
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Betting After the Flop After the first set of community cards have been dealt, another
round of betting occurs. The person left of the dealer is first to act in
this round of dealing. This person can either check, fold, or bet. These
options will go around the table in a clockwise fashion. If a bet is placed
by someone to the right of you, then you can chose to either fold, call, or
raise. When raising, follow the same guidelines as if you were to bet (as
stated above). |
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Betting After the Turn After the fourth community card is dealt the third round of
betting will occur. We again start with the person left of the dealer and
continue around the table. This person can check, fold, or bet. If any bets
are made, you have a choice to either call, fold, or raise. |
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Betting After the River This is the last chance you will have to bet. Your hand is now
set and cannot get any better or any worse. You need to decide whether or not
you want to check, fold, or bet. Remember that if no one has placed a bet
before your turn and you don’t want to bet, just check until someone does
place a bet. If no one places any bets, you may get a free chance at the pot. |
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How To Play: Betting |
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