How are all the raise options calculated in poker software

Question

I am writing a poker software and trying to figure out how the raise system works.

There are a few parameters at play when raising:

Blinds: Blinds being played at
Last Raise: Last raise a player made
Total Pot: Total pot in the middle
Min Raise: Min raise allowed to make
50% Raise: 50% raise option a player can make
100% Raise: 100% raise option a player can make

Let's give a few examples to what could these parameters be at any point in time:

Blinds:      125/250   125/250  100/200  60/120
Total Pot:     1875      1125    2100     1920
Last Raise:     500       750     600      480
Min Raise:      750      1250    1000      840
50% Raise:     1875      1875    2000     1680
100% Raise:

I collected these samples during my games, and can be inaccurate. I can see how some of the values are calculated for example:

Blinds 125/250, and Total Pot is 1875, that means 125 SB 250 BB 500 Raise and 1000 two calls. So Last Raise was 500 that is 250 more so we can make minimum 250 more with a raise to 750, that is Min Raise.

How are the 50% and 100% raise parameters are calculated?

One possible explanation might be:

50% Raise means, 50% of the total pot more of min raise. In the above example, total pot is 1875, 50% of which is ~950, 950 more of min raise 750, which makes 1700 roughly the expected amount. What do you think?

Answer 1

When raising, count the "called" part and the "bet" part as being two distincts components of the raise happening one after the other. So if you raise to 5 after 1 to call, you effectively first call 1 then bet 4 more.

A pot size raise is simply a raise where the amount bet is equal to the pot after the call. So if a pot is of size 1, player A bets 1 in it, player B would make a pot size raise if he "calls" 1 and then bets 1 + 1 + 1, raising to 4 total.

Similarly, a 50% pot size raise would be betting half the pot after the "call". So in facing 1 to call, 1 + half of (1 + 1 + 1), raising to 2.5 total.

If the blinds are 125/250 and someone raises to 500 :

• There is 875 in the pot, and the "call" part of the raise would be 500 more = 1375
• Making a pot size raise would be 500 + 1375 = 1875
• Making a half pot size raise would be 500 + 1375/2 = 1187.5