How the Betting Goes

Hello,

I’ve just started playing poker for some time now. As of the moment, I am in the process of learning how the betting goes especially the purpose of the big and small blinds and also how do they bet.

By the way, your site has been very helpful. Thanks!

Ashton

Ashton,

The blinds are two forced bets that are posted to the two positions to the left of the dealer button. The small blind is half the size of the big blind in most games. How the blinds bet depends on whether the pot has been raised.

If the pot has not been raised, when the action reaches the small blind, they may either call the big blind amount, raise, or fold. If the pot has been raise, the small blind has to either call the raise, reraise, or fold.

When action reaches the big blind, if the pot is unraised, the big blind may either check or raise. If the pot has been raised he may call the raise, reraise, or fold.