Hi,

My concern is about betting rules during a friendly game. In a certain event, blinds were $6 and $12. Eventually, four people were left after roughly 20 minutes of playing time.

As I can remember, it was the first player who called the blind and went all in for another $3. Then it’s the second player who folded. Third player call for $9 since as during that time it was the bet, $6 to match blind and the $3 for raise.

Well, for that instance, I’m wondering whether the 3rd player actually needs to match the $3 raise or $12 minimum bet, though the big blind is still out of the scene.

Any advice for this?

Thanks!
Benny

Benny,

In a No Limit Holdem game, the player is only required to call the $3 raise. He may then raise the minimum of $6 or to whatever he desires up to his entire stack.

In Limit Holdem, since the raise was half of the bet, the player is only required to call the $3 raise. If he wants to raise, then he can raise to $18.