How Much Should You Raise?

Thanks for creating a site like this!

By the way, for an instance, you are sitting in the small blind and the blinds are $2/$4 in a no limit game, then the lime light turns to you, and you opt to raise. But since you already have $2 in the pot, you bet at least an additional $2 to meet the $4 which is the initial big blind.

My question now is, what will happen when you raise? I mean, should your raise be $4 to have a total of $8 or just be $2 for a total of $6?

Also, are there any exceptions for the small blind?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Regards,
Kent

Kent,

When you are the first person to raise, the raise must be at least the amount of the big blind. In the above example, the raise must be to $8. There are no exceptions for any position, including the blinds.