Global Sports: The Current State Of Texas Hold Em Betting Limits

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Current State Of Texas Hold Em Betting Limits

By Kim Franklin

Even though the United States may have tried to make it seem illegal to deposit money to gamble online, (many legal scholars dispute this) poker keeps on gaining popularity through the different tournaments that are shown on television such as the World Series of Poker by ESPN. This created a problematic situation: while players claim that poker is not a game of chance, the US government decided that it is. For a few weeks back in 2006, panic erupted in the poker world as rumors spread like wild wire that this ban would stop all tournaments. But this proved to be untrue. In fact, because of the online gambling ban, the popularity of tournaments only increased. And in most of these tournaments, the favored game is Texas Hold em. The game is played with several basic betting structures.

Structured Wagering Limit: This means that there are two limits you play to. During the first two rounds, you place wagers according to the lower sum, and then you start betting according to the higher amount set. When you find a game called according to two amounts such as 4/8 dollar limit, then, it means that this game will be played according to the structured wager. Another thing to remember when entering such poker games is that you can only place four wagers each round and not one more.

The next more rare variation is spread limit Hold Em.This game can quickly become high stakes because some might bet the highest amount possible on any round. The variation of the spread limit bet is to have a fixed range of four wagers. What this means is that there is a certain amount you can bet for the round before the flop, for the round on the flop, and on the round after the flop and a certain amount for the river, although this betting scheme is a bit rare. In the more typical Spread Limit, you are free to bet in a certain range on any round you are not required to place limited bets. When you observe that the limit is within a range then it means that you have found a game that will be played according to the spread limit.

Pot Limit Hold Em, In these kind of games being described as being spread according to the basic pot limit style, this describes the fact that a player can make bets anywhere between the amount that is the big blind and the total size of the current pot. Once again be very aware that games played within this style can end up being very expensive to the player with large pots.

No Limit Poker This is the one style that attracts the high rollers from all around. Here, there is no limit at all on how much you wager or raise. Note that unless you are prepared to be high-roller or unless you have a tremendous amount of skill and expertise at the game, stay away from these tables.

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