Online Betting and Poker

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Sept 18, 2006

Basics of Poker Betting:

Like all cards game poker game is also game of chances. In poker gambling bet is the most prominent part of the game. After the ante, the player will begin to bet into the pot in the middle. At the end of the game the highest poker hand win the pot. Basically, a player has one of the four choices in poker betting such as Bet, Call, Raise and Fold.

Bet: Here first player bet the betting amount within the betting limit of the pot.

Call: Calling is the act of matching whatever someone has bet or raised. Here subsequent player match the bet amount equal to the previous player’s bet or raise.

Raise: By raise the player exceed the initial betting amount by putting another bet.

Fold: drop out of the current hand s called fold.  When a player choose fold option means he lose any possibility of winning the pot, but he do not have to put any more money into the pot.

Usually, there are three main structure of poker betting namely, Fixed limit, Pot limit and No limit.

Online Betting and Poker:

Online poker betting is a very difficult task. When you are playing poker online means you have to bet online also. In online betting it's important that you concentrate on one person for a while and not try to evaluate everyone's play at the same time. Betting in online poker player must count the pot in number of small bets. Count the number of people in the pot at the end of the betting round and multiply it by the number of small bets per person.

In online poker the player always wants to be as close to the last person to act as possible and then he will able to get more information before he start betting. So, it may be helpful if your general plan is not to play any hands in early position, basically you are waiting to get within one or two of the dealer button to put your money into the game all the time.

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