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In limit games, the only raise amount allowed is the big blind during preflop and flop play; double the big blind during turn and river play.
The correct minimum raise in big bet games (no limit and pot limit) is to increase the amount of the bet by the amount of the previous bet (e.g. double the previous raise*), or to raise all-in if you do not have ...
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When faced with these situations in my home games, we begin to institute a penalty of some sort for any recurring violations. I think that works for both serious and friendly games - it may simply alter what penalty you choose.
Examples we have followed:
Folding of their hand (and either negating any bet they made on the current street or forfeiting that ...
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It's the Host's responsibility to educate the players and warn them of the rules they need to follow. If the game is too rules focused, it can kill a good evening. Like you said, most times explaining to the player (especially if they are new) the rules and upcoming repercussions, is the best thing to do.
If they fail to listen, then start beating them ...
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If you are playing a 5 card game (like Hold-Em) then only the top 5 cards play. So, in this case, there are 4 on the table (6-9) and you each have a 10, for the best possible hand a 6-10 straight.
It is also possible that you have AA, and friend KK, but the board comes out 3-4-5-6-7 and you split as you both play the best hand - the board.
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You can fold at any point in poker, that is legitimate play. Even if it was his turn to show first he could fold and sacrifice his chance of the pot (although it would be stupid to do so).
To fold at this point is in fact good play, if you know you can't win then you should give your opponents less information about how you bet.
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This rule will vary from house to house. The two options are:
The last player that made an aggressive action (bet or raise) must show first. If no aggressive action occurred on the final betting round, it would be the last aggressive action from the round of betting before that, and so on.
If no aggressive action occurred on the final round of betting, ...
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Unless explicitly noted, poker hands are only 5 cards. If you have 7 cards to choose from, you make the best 5 card hand you can, and the other 2 don't count.
Your best possible hand in that situation was 6 7 8 9 T. Your friend's best possible hand was 6 7 8 9 T. Since they were the same, you tied and split the pot.
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It's a split.
In short, the best 5 card hand that you can make wins. In this case, you're both playing the board.
There is a similar question here, What is the“Top Five Cards” rule and how does it apply to splitting pots?, explaining the scenario in more detail.
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Omaha Hi-Lo is also referred to as Omaha Eight-or-better. The 8 is the important bit - it means that only hands where all five cards are <= 8 can play as the low.
The nut (best) low hand is The Wheel. This is A2345. Suits don't matter - a flushing hand is the same as a rainbow. The worst qualifying low hand is 45678.
The highest card in the hand counts ...
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It is very important when explaining rules that you explain why the rules exist. For example, holding your cards below the table can lead to out-of-order play, which can actually be quite unfair to the other players, who either get information they wouldn't have had normally--in which case it is unfair to everyone else--or who unwittingly may reveal ...
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The rules vary from casino to casino.
But Generally:
The last person to bet has to show first and then it goes clockwise from him or her.
You are allowed to muck if someone shows a winning hand. However, a lot of casinos will show your mucked cards if the other player asks to see them after all the action is done. When I say mucked cards I mean cards ...
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If I understand your question correctly, this is called "running it twice". You can even "run it three times" (or four...) if you want.
It's sometimes done in live games (and the option existed in Full Tilt Poker too) when the players mutually agree to run it several times.
Note that you're not forced to run it several times on the flop: you can "run it ...
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There's no way such a price makes any sense. With that money, you can get 20 or 30 other books written by world famous and world champion players; with the help of those books you will definitely improve your game if you're serious about doing it.
No matter how good it is, the price is just unjustified. I don't know if I remember correctly, but I think not ...
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For a serious poker book, this isn't the most expensive I've seen. Shootaa (Reid Young) has a book out for around $5k and when it came out it honestly may have been worth the price. The fact is that these tips will allow you to improve your game so much that you'll make more than the price of book in a relatively short period of time. Granted, this is ...
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Side pots develop from the fact that players can only win a maximum of the amount that they wagered from each of the players who call them. Thus any wagers above that amount are placed in a separate pot which is competed for by everyone except for the all-in player.
As to your specific questions:
The amounts in the main pot or in the sidepot are not based ...
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It would be treated like a normal raise only his hand would be automatically folded the next turn (or if there is a re-raise).
If everyone folds up to player 2, player 2 would be downright dumb not to re-raise - knowing player 3 is an automatic fold. Money would then go to player 2. In a heads up situation, same deal.
If more than one person calls, player ...
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Oh yeah, it's got decent content in it, but nothing you won't find if you search through the twoplustwo high stakes forums pretty diligently. Also, no one can put the skills in your brain FOR you. You have to be willing to dig heavily into the math and game theory yourself. The book, "The Mathematics of Poker" is really good for this.
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Yes.
Firstly, your hand has to qualify as being a low hand. Qualifying five-card poker hands must have no pairs in there, and also has no card higher than an eight.
As a player can only (and must) use two cards from their starting hand, there have to be at least three community cards available that are also no higher than an eight.
Flushes and straights ...
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there is a very clear rule regarding pots and side pots:
you can earn according to the chips you risk.
Lets assume that the chips you put in the middle are no longer yours...
in the scenario above villain1 risk 45$ (40$ as an ante and 5$ as the big blind).
If villain1 was the winner, he would have won 335$ (8*40 of the ante and 3*5$ from the pot).
...
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Given the question, there's two sections of Robert's rules that seem to apply:
From "Draw High" (section 12), #5:
Five cards constitute a playing
hand. Less than five cards for a player (other than the button) before
action has been taken is a misdeal. If action has been taken, a player
with fewer than five cards may draw the number of cards ...
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you can only win a pot that you are in
you cannot win anything if you fold before the showdown
the player in each pot with the best hand wins that pot
if a pot is tied that pot is split between the tied players
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Of course, in Omaha (typically played pot limit, or PLO), the rule is that you must use two and only two of your hole cards.
This can create some confusion for HE players when playing PLO for the first time. You still use the best 5-card hand possible, but for instance, the board never "plays". So for e.g.
P1 has AKKK
P2 has AKJJ
The board is A2345 ...
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He cannot fold until it's his turn, so his raise must be met by anyone who wants to remain active. When it is his turn to bet and he folds by default, his hand is dead and loses all interest in the pot. If no one remains to take the pot, either play a round of Straight Poker to determine the winner, or leave it in to start the next pot.
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I wish I could say that Robert's rules would cover this situation, ...
Section 3, the Show down:
To win any part of a pot, a player must show all of his cards faceup on the table, whether they were used in the final hand played or not.
... but I've seen this rule ignored often in live games. I try to ask before I sit down so that there ...
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Interesting, I've never seen someone try to do this - home game or not. My read is this would be up to the host (or Casino) as it's not explicitly denied as far as I can tell. Consulting Robert's Rules:
General Poker Rules - Irregularities, #12:
Procedure for an exposed card varies with the poker form, and is given
in the section for each game. A card ...
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As of July 2012, the two biggest places for US players to play are currently on sites that are part of either the Merge Network (such as Carbon Poker and Black Chip Poker) or the Revolution Gaming Network (such as Lock Poker and Cake Poker). Both sets of sites get a reasonable amount of traffic, offer good rewards and rakeback, and most importantly still ...
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As This article explains -and I remember watching Negreanu complaining about it on the feature table of 2011 WSOP Main Event- there is a rule that almost forbids all talking on the table.
"41. No Disclosure
Players are obligated to protect the other players in the tournament at all times. Therefore, players, whether in the hand or not, may not:
...
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Firstly, the term "short stack" only really relates to a pre-flop description of relative stack sizes of all players. It doesn't have a reasonable use after the action has started. That said, a player may be "short stacked" post-flop but that's entirely down to what action has occurred.
Specific to the example, player A can only call the All-In for $7, ...
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I dont think there are any hard and fast rules to be honest.
I have seen some places where they burn 3 cards pre flop and then 1 on the turn and river.
If you notice in time then i believe the etiquette is to swap the card for the next one in the deck. If its not spotted in time I believe the hand is played out as it is (but this may vary from casino to ...
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Player 3's raise stands, and he does not fold until action returns to him.
If no one remains, then he wins the pot before he is able to fold. If he is not there to claim his winnings, then he should be blinded out (if a tournament), or sat out (in a cash game). In the case of a cash game, his money should be set aside and saved, as it is still rightfully ...
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