Most Hold'em (short for Texas Hold'em) poker games require players to post blinds
A Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker. The player directly to the dealer's left puts out the small blind while the player two to the dealer's left puts out the big blind. Every player is dealt two cards, face down. These are called hole or pocket cards. The action (the first move) falls on the player to the left of the big blind. B is first to act and raises 300 on top of the big blind for 500 total. The minimum raise is now 300 on top, or 800 total. Without announcing a raise, SB throws in a 500 chip, putting 600 in front of him. Since the raise amount was less than half of the minimum, the dealer announces that this is a call of 500, and returns 100 back to SB. Players may ‘buy the button’. A new player or a player with a missed blind button may enter the game in the small blind position by posting both blinds. The big blind amount plays. On that hand, the dealer button is on the player’s immediate right, and no one else posts blinds.
(initial bets) before any cards are dealt in order to stimulate the betting (i.e., so that there will be money to win). Usually there are two blinds -- a small blind and a big blind -- in each playing round. The players who post the small and big blinds rotates one place to the left after each hand
. At the beginning of the game, the player who posts the small blind is the player sitting to the left of the dealer, and the player who posts the big blind is sitting to the left of the player who posted the small blind. The size of the big and small blinds can vary depending on where you are playing, but the big blind is most generally the minimum bet at the table and the small blind is half of that amount (for instance, if the minimum bet at the table is $10, then the big blind would be $10 and the small blind would be $5). On the first round of betting, the big blind plays last since that player already has a full bet in the pot.If you are entering an existing Hold'em game, you will probably be required to post the big blind in order to play. If your seat is near the big blind on your right, you will probably want to wait until the big blind is at your position. If you are already in a Hold'em game and you leave the table and miss the blinds, you will be required to post both blinds in order to resume play, or you can wait until the big blind comes to your position.
In Draw, Stud, and other poker games, antes are required of each player. The ante varies according to the agreement of the players or according to the rules of a casino or poker room. In some cases, such as in a tournament, both antes and blinds may be required.
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Big Blind in poker (abbreviation BB) is the largest of the two obligatory blind bets made on preflop (blinds) in some poker variations.
The size of the big blind depends on the stakes you are playing (or blinds level in tournaments) and is almost always twice bigger the size of the small blind (with rare exceptions in land based casinos and some online poker rooms. As a rule, the exception is online cash games (cash tables) with the following blinds: $0.02/$0.05 - NL5 and $0.10/0.25 - NL25).
Position of the big blind at the poker table is defined by the dealer’s position and is to the left of the small blind. Every new hand the dealer's position (consequently the positions of the blinds) moves clockwise. So if in the current hand you were in the big blind position, next hand you’ll be in position of the small blind and the hand after that - in position of the dealer and so on.
The player on the big blind position is the last to make a decision preflop and is the second in making the decision in the following betting rounds (with small blind always being the first in making the decisions after the flop comes).
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