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When playing limit poker, or fixed limit poker as it is often called, the size of the bets are fixed. In Texas Holdem and Omaha games, the bets and maximum raise is the same as the big blind for the first two rounds of betting, so if you are seated at a $1 - $2 limit table, the first two round of betting can only be $1 at a time with a maximum raise of $1 at a time. There are a maximum number of 3 raises in these rounds after the initial bet. Therefore, on our $1 - $2 table, the maximum amount that each player can bet in the first two rounds will be $4. In the following two betting rounds, bets and raises are twice the big blind so now its $2 every bet and every raise. When you sit at a fixed limit table, the rule is to present the size of the small bet and the big bet. If you are seated at a $1/$2 limit table, you know that the first two rounds have $1 bets and the last two $2 bets. Many players make the mistake of thinking that fixed-limit poker is easier than no-limit poker. Another miss conception is that the pots are smaller in limit games. This is not necessarily true as players will often call a raise and stay in a pot rather than fold their hand to a large raise. More often there is more in the pot because there are more players in the hand. Fixed-limit games are another game altogether, and you have to play it differently and use different strategies to No-Limit poker games. Limit Poker Betting Structure: 1. Any limit game will have two betting limits specified, one low, and one high. For example, a game of $2/4 Limit Holdem will have blinds of $1 and $2, a low betting limit of $2, and a high betting limit of $4. 2. The standard bet in the first two betting rounds of a limit poker game is equal to the game’s lowest limit. For example, in a game of $2/4 Omaha, the bet size will be $2 on the flop and pre-flop betting. 3. The standard bet in the final three rounds of a limit poker game is equal to the game’s highest limit. For example, in a game of $2/4 Holdem, the bet size will be $4 the turn and the river. 4. Usually, there can be no more than one bet and three raises per round of betting. Once the third raise has been reached, betting is ‘capped’. Some games will remove the cap on betting when there are only two players left in the game. www.WhatPoker.net 22nd july2009
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