Learning How to play Texas Hold'em Poker Part 10
This was published 17-07-2010Welcome to Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 10, the tenth part of our series of blogs on how to learn Texas Hold’ em. To take full advantage of these articles, it’s recommended that you read them in sequence.
Random Rules
We have already explained how you can play the game of Texas Hold’ em poker and will now look at some random rules that you will encounter during the game. Take note of these rules as they form part of the rules of the game.
Raising
When you have three or more players, it is possible to only have 1 bet and 3 raises during the entire betting round. This means that when the 3rd raise has been made the betting is so called ‘capped’. When the betting process has been capped, players may only choose between calling and folding.
There is something known as a string bet. It is when a player tries to place their chips, go back to their stack, and then place more chips. This is not allowed. A poker player must say verbally that they intent to raise before they go over to action. They can also choose to bet double the amount of the raise.
Buying Chips
When playing Texas Hold’em Poker, there is no maximum amount of chips that you can buy at any time but there is a minimum amount of chips. The house rules of the game will tell you how many chips you are allowed to buy before you start playing your first round. This minimum amount of chips is usually around fifty or hundred times the amount of the big blind.
A poker players is allowed to add more chips to their poker stack aka reload, in between hands. But once they have started playing a hand, they may not add any more chips. Any extra chips will not be used in this game until the next hand is dealt.
We have now come to the end of our Learning How to Play Texas Hold’ em Poker series. We hope that you have enjoyed reading this series and that you are on your way to becoming a good Texas Hold’ em Poker player. Once you know the basics you still have to make sure to practice, practice, practice if you want to be able to compete against the big boys. Luckily Texas Hold’ em is such a fun game that it won’t even seem like work. Good luck at the tables!
