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- Pokies and theft 'go hand in hand'
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Mon, Aug 6th, 1:44PM
- THE use of poker machines has for the first time been linked to increases in crimes such as robbery, theft, fraud and forgery in Australia. The results of a study by South Australian researchers pub...
- No Orange Felt For First PartyPoker Dutch Open Matchroom Sport Unveil Another First For Televised Poker
- Best Poker: www.prweb.com | Mon, Jul 30th, 1:37PM
- Matchroom Sport is pleased to unveil another first for televised poker by announcing that the first PartyPoker Dutch Open will be filmed between August 11th - 14th. 36 top Dutch poker players and personalities will take to the f
- Gambling websites face advert ban
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Sun, Aug 12th, 1:41AM
- BBC News(c) - 9 Aug 2007 Littlewoodscasino.com, Betfred Casino and Interpoker.com are among those subject to the ban, which comes into force next month. Culture Secretary James Purnell said protecting the public from sites operating without the UK's "stri
- A bridge novice crosses the country, learning about the game and ...
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Sun, Aug 5th, 1:42PM
- Wall Street Journal -Understand the mathematics of poker and you can succeed at it. But at bridge? If you believe devotees of the game (and I confess I am one), to play bridge ...::
- I want to place my 468 x 60 poker banner on your site.
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Sun, Jul 29th, 1:40AM
- I want to place my 468 x 60 poker banner on your site. I would prefer UK or European sites if possible. Please pm me with traffic details and prices.
- Best Games Holdings Launches Bingo Product
- Best Poker: www.prweb.com | Fri, Aug 10th, 1:37PM
- March 2007 saw Best Games Holdings Ltd (BestGames) add to its online poker product, BestPoker.com, by launching a new online bingo site in partnership with White Label Gaming operator, St.Minver Ltd. (PRWeb Aug 10, 2007)
- GeekList Comment Added to Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 29 July - 4 August 2007
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Sat, Aug 4th, 1:49AM
- I picked this up at a thrift store, (mostly for the dice and poker chips), but there is actually a decent game in there. You need to play a lot of cards to even out the high luck factor, (like 3X the number of players with first player rotating), but it's
- GeekList Comment Added to Dads With Daughters
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Sat, Jul 28th, 1:42AM
- Hee hee. I think I mentioned poker when you polled rec.games.board but I didn't think it would count as a monster game! Regardless, this would be my number one choice as well. And Texas Hold 'em is also my favourite game...we usually play it a round aroun
- Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Who's Bluffing in the Market?
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Thu, Aug 9th, 1:42PM
- Cramer helps investors, in the great poker game that is the market, read the players' hands.
- Harrah's Announces 2007-08 WSOP Circuit Schedule
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Fri, Aug 3rd, 1:42AM
- Just two weeks after the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event concluded, Harrah's has released the complete schedule for the coming poker year's WSOP Circuit. This is the fourth year running for the WSOP Circuit, where the winner...
- on crack?
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Fri, Jul 27th, 1:42PM
- I'm loving Cringely lately.(c) From his latest, about the 700mhz spectrum auctions:(c) "There is, however, an alternative motivation here beyond simple megalomania and corporate self-delusion: Google may actually be playing a game of poker."
- Is Poker addictive? (Online Poker News)
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Thu, Aug 9th, 1:42AM
- Two years ago, there were about 800 contestants in the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Last year there were 2600 and it's estimated that this year there may be more than 5000! Is this new trend the beginning of a poker addiction?
- Poker Net Stress Tests--By Zoote on Aug 2--Max Bid: Open to fair suggestions
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Thu, Aug 2nd, 1:42PM
- The system administrator maintaining a poker-network server needs a way to figure out how many simultaneous users the poker-network server can handle with a given hardware. She also needs to know if (more...) Keywords:Gaming
- Humans Can Still Out-Bluff Machines
- Best Poker: www.plazoo.com | Fri, Jul 27th, 1:42AM
- The New York Times reports that in a poker game this week between man and machine, a program called Polaris fought a close match, but lost to two well-known professional poker players. Designing a poker playing algorithm is a different and more difficult
- I've Got A New Best Friend: The Story Of The Swede, The Freak 250/1 Bet and Jon Kalmar Making The Final Table Of The 2007 WSOP Main Event
- Best Poker: www.prweb.com | Wed, Aug 8th, 1:37PM
- The recent story of how Jon Kalmar, a 34-year old poker pro from Chorley in the UK made the final table of the 2007 WSOP Main Event is a poker fairytale in itself. Jon went to Vegas with a bankroll of $15,000 before getting down
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Best Poker » Poker Rules: Limits
In Limit games, both the bet and raise amounts for each round are a preset amount, which is listed under the "stakes" column for that table. For example, in a $5/$10 Limit Texas Hold'em game, both the bets and raises for the first two rounds of betting must be $5, no more, no less. The last two rounds have a bet/raise amount of $10.
In Limit games, each round of betting has a maximum number (three) of allowable raises, known as the cap. So, if a bet is made, that bet can only be raised three times, after which all players must call, or fold. However, if only two players remain in the hand the cap is increased, to a maximum of 5 raises. This rule is in effect for all the betting rounds, with the idea being to speed up play.
Fixed Limit games are popular because they're safe. While pots can still climb quickly, on average limit pots stay pretty consistent in size, and stay the smallest for the three game types. In other words, it's a lot harder to lose all your chips right away. This makes a Fixed Limit game more attractive to beginners, who are still learning the game play.
Pot Limit games — Pot Limit games differ from the Limit games by the betting and raising amounts allowed: The minimum raise amount is the previous bet or raise in the same hand. For example, if the first player bet $10, the second player can raise a minimum of $10. The maximum raise amount is the total betting pot + total bets of other players in the betting round + the call amount of the player. For example, if the pot is $50, the first player bets $10 and the second player calls $10, the third player can raise up to $80 ($50 in the main pot + $20 from past bets in the round + $10 of the player's own call).
No Limit games — No Limit games differ from the Limit games in the fact that there is no maximum to each raise (apart from the player's table balance).