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How To Play Texas Hold Em
The rules of the game are fairly easy to learn. Limit Hold'em has structured betting, and the lowest limit you will find in most casinos is a $2/$4 or $3/$6 game. Other limits you may find are $5/$10 or $10/$20 or higher. I will be using the $3/$6 game as an example in this book. That means the minimum bet is $3 during the first two rounds of betting and the minimum bet is $6 during the last two betting rounds. These same limits are used when you raise as well.
The Dealer
Since the casino supplies a dealer, one player must be the "designated" dealer who will act last during the betting rounds. A disk or "button" is used to identify the dealer and this is rotated to the left after each hand. Unlike stud, all the players do not ante each round. Blind bets are posted to generate a starting pot.
The Start
To start a new hand two "blind" bets are put up or "posted." The Player immediately to the left of the player with the dealer button Puts up or "posts" the small blind which is approximately half the mmimum bet. Since there are no 50c chips, the small blind for the $3/$6 game is one dollar.
The player to the left of the small blind posts the big blind which is equal to the minimum bet which is $3 for this game. The rest of the players do not put up any money to start the hand. Because the button rotates around the table, each player will eventually act as the big blind, small blind and dealer. It will cost you $4 every time the deal makes a complete rotation around the table.
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