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Pot Limit
Pot Limit betting basically means that the maximum you can bet is
whatever is currently in the pot. So if 5 players on a $1/$2 PL
table all see the flop, there will be roughly $5 in the pot(depending
on if either of the blinds has folded in which case there will be
a little more). So if the pot size is $5, you guessed it- the maximum
bet that can be placed is $5. Should someone then bet that, it will
be added to the pot and the maximum bet will then become $10 etc.
You can lose a lot more money than fixed limit playing Pot limit
Poker, so if you are a beginner you should stick to Fixed Limit
betting to control your betting.
No Limit
No Limit is by far the most common form of betting in Poker. If
you have watched any Poker on TV, they will have been playing No
Limit. It does what it says on the tin, there is no limit to what
you can bet. Very dangerous if you are a beginner!
One reason you should avoid this as a beginner is curiosity will
inevitably cause you to go against your better judgment and call
a seemingly insignificant bet you shouldn’t and the next thing you
know you have a hand you think is good. What if someone then decides
they don’t want you to call them so they then bet the equivalent
of all your chips…do you risk everything and call them in the hope
their hand isn’t better? The decision is yours, you may of course
be winning and they may be trying to bluff you out of the pot. That
is why you should avoid No Limit Poker at all costs until you are
a more experienced Poker player.
Next, learn how to
calculate hand odds for yourself, just like they do on TV!
Click here
Or why not try our Odds calculator?
Pot Odds Calculator
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