Learning How to play Texas Hold'em Poker Part 6
This was published 19-06-2010Welcome to Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 6, the sixth 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.
Although it’s relatively simple to learn Texas Hold’em, it can take months or years to truly feel that you have become a good player. One of the most important aspects of Texas Hold’em poker is the various betting rounds, which is what we will be discussing in this blog.
When the second player calls the big blind, all of the poker players will now have the same sum of cash in front of them. At this time the third player (the big blind) hasn’t yet had a chance to make a move, which means that the betting round is not over. Player three has to make a move or check, which signals the end of the betting round.
Example Betting Round 2
There are 5 players sitting at this poker table:
- First Player – Button
- Second Player – Small blind (bets 10 cents)
- Third Player – Big blind (bets 25 cents)
Betting round starts
- Forth Player – Calls the big blind (bets a quarter)
- Fifth Player – Raises (bets 50 cents)
- First Player – Decides to fold
- Second Player – Decides to fold
- Third Player – Decides to re-raise (already have a quarter in as the big blind. Complete the bet of 50 cents, and add 1 extra bet = 75 cents)
- Forth Player – Decides to fold ( previous call of a quarter is now in the pot)
- Fifth Player – Decides to calls (matches the bet of the third player for a total of 75 cents)
Betting round ends
In this example, everyone had made move when Player 3 made a re-raise. It could not end there, though, as all players didn’t yet have the same amount of cash bet.
To be continued in Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 7, which will be published on this site next week.
