The other night, there was a particular incident that almost caused a terrible fight among players.

Well, as I could remember, there was a small blind which was 30 and 60 as the big blind. The first player to supposedly act had only 61 chips, therefore with 61, he went all in.

In your opinion, how many chips should the next player possess to act out? Well, at first instance I thought it should be 61, but eventually I became unsure. Most people at the room fought out it should be 120. At that point, I heard somebody saying that since the hand was actually raised, the minimum raise therefore should be 120 to those with adequate chips.

Any comment will be much appreciated. Thanks!

By the way, nice site.

Keith Johnson

Keith,
In the situation above, the next player only has to call 61. If they want to raise, the minimum raise is to 121. The players raise to 61 is not considered a full raise since it was less than half the minimum.

If this was limit holdem, this changes. Since the all-in raise was less than half of a bet, the players can only complete the initial raise and make it 120.

Hello,

I hope you don’t mind if I ask something about betting.

Let’s say for an instance, in a no limit game, the blinds are 50/100. Then there is player 1 who is the first one to act after the big blinds and a raise to 300, players 2 and 3 fold to player 4 who eventually places a 500 chip.

Player 1, being dissatisfied discoursed that a re-raise less than double the original bet is not possible. Any idea?

Somehow, I thought that a re-raise was only bound to the minimum of the big blind, therefore if someone places a bet of 300, I could make it 350 or so. Do you think, the minimum raise should be twice larger than the bet placed earlier? And one more thing, is this the same thing at all betting rounds?

Thanks!
Jacob

Jacob,

Once a pot has been raised, the re-raise must be in the amount of the previous raise. In your example above, since your opponent raised by 200, the reraise must be at least 200. Player four’s bet off 500 was a call of 300 and a 200 raise.

This applies to all streets of betting.

I’ve been wondering because of an incident that happened just days ago.

In a limit tournament, pre-flop if blinds are 10/20 the minimum call is 20 but what will be the minimum raise if ever?

And likewise, after-flop the minimum bet is the big blind, but what will be the betting rule to be applied to have an increase?

And is it true that if the big blind is 20 you can bet 25 vs 40? Any idea?

Thank you.

Clyde

Clyde,

In a limit holdem tournament, preflop, the bet amounts are in the size of the big blind. If you wanted to raise, the raise would be to 40. Betting and raising occurs in 20 increments. The same rule applies on the flop. Betting and raising occur in 20 in increments.

In regards to your second question, you may not raise to 25 as opposed to 40. You must raise the full amount. The only time this is not the case is when you do not have enough chips to make a full raise.

In a no limit holdem tournament, preflop you may raise from 20 to the maximum amount of chips in your stack. On the flop, you may bet as little as the big blind, or to the full amount of your stack. The minimum raise applies to No Limit Holdem as it does to limit. You may not raise from 20 to 25. You must raise at least double the big blind, which in this case is 40.

Hello,

I want to ask something. Let’s say for example in a no limit holdem there are 10/20 blinds and there is player A who raises to 50. I’m wondering if what would happen next. What will be the minimum amount the next player can re-raise? Should it be up to 100 total which is double the previous bet? Or else just 80 as 30 was the previous raise?

Thanks!
Tarra

Tarra,

In this case, the minimum reraise is 30. When you reraise, it must be the amount of the previous raise.