No Limit Home Games
Sep/080
Hi,
For some time now, I’ve been holding no limit home games. One thing I’ve noticed is that in most of the games, dispute and some sort of chaos and argument were always there.
Well, we have a certain system of raising blinds every 15 minutes to basically keep the game time to around 1 – 1.5 Hours; by which we are totally sure to be ideal. However, it’s not the same thing when it comes to raising and betting amounts.
At some point, we have assumed the following:
- In every round of betting, the minimum bet will always be the size of the big blind.
- The minimum bet is set at this larger amount and is incremental whenever someone bets bigger than the big blind.
Do you think we have made the right assumptions or rules?
Please, any comment or advice will do.
Thank you so much.
Jarvis
Jarvis,
- The minimum bet on each street is indeed the size of the big blind.
- An initial bet by a player may be made either the size of the minimum bet or up to their entire stack. After a player raises, the next player to raise in that round of betting must raise the amount of the prior raise. For instance, if the minimum bet is 200 and you bet out 350, then the raise must be at least 350.
- Based on my understanding of your question, you are following proper procedure for NL games.
Rules on Raising
Sep/080
Hi,
I have something to ask.
For an instance, there were four players playing any round, and the first bet $10, then the second raised to $20, the third called $20, and the fourth player who is the dealer called $20. What do you think, could the second player re-raise after the first has called the $20, letting the play continue round the table 3 times till it ends with a cap eventually on the third raise? Or otherwise just stop after reaching the dealer?
Also, let’s say in a certain game, the first player bets $10, then the second calls, the third and fourth who is the dealer also call. What do you think, can the first player re-raise, allowing the other three call, repeating this a number of times till the cap takes place?
Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for the great site by the way.
Jomer
Jomer,
Once the second player raised, the only way action would fall back on him is if another player raised. When the action reached the dealer, action is closed if the dealer calls the bet.
The same applies to the second question. Your player opened the action and then action went around to each player. Once a player bets or raises, the only way action falls back to them is if another player raises.
Mucking Against Own Self
Sep/080
Hello,
I drop by because of a particular question about mucking against own self.
For $300 of a $5000 pot, a player let’s say for an instance, player A, was all in. Another player in the person of player B seated on the left side mucked his cards, believing that no one else was in after he made the original bet of $4000 or so. Then, player A with the $300 in the pot claimed that he won as Player B has no cards anymore.
I pronounced that Player A could only win his own stake in the pot, and that Player B was actually just playing against his own self, considering everyone else have folded him. In other words, he was withdrawing against his own self and ways. So what’s the call perhaps?
Great site by the way.
Thanks!
Andrew
Andrew,
In the event above, the most the all in player can win is $1000. Based on what you wrote, player B bet out $4,000 of the $5,000 after player A is all in. The $4,000 would be returned to player B.
Regarding the $1,000 main pot, in a casino a floor person would be called. The all-in player does not automatically win the pot. If the hand had not hit the muck pile yet, the cards would be given back to the player. If the card had hit the muck pile, then usually a player is taken aside and asked his hand. The floor person then searches the muck pile for his two cards and the hand continues.
Rules require that an all in player and his opponent must show their hands when heads up. While it is true player B was careless, he will not be penalized for his carelessness.
