Betting Limits in Poker Holdem

Although it may not seem like it to the beginner, there are two versions of Poker Holdem, limit and no limit. Depending which version of the game is played the betting rules are completely different. In the bet limit version of Holdem Poker, as it sounds, players can only bet a pre-determined amount, depending on the size of the big blind, which is how the first round of betting actually begins. On the first round pre-flop no player can raise more the value of the big blind. After the flop, players can again only play to the limit of what is in the  pot and the same when it comes to Fourth Street and the river card.

Limit Poker Holdem is a much restrained version that the no limit version which is not for the faint of heart. For that reason, many players both online or off prefer to stick to the limit version.

No Pot Limit Holdem means that a player doesn't have to respect what is in the pot, and can bet whatever the amount of chips that they have before them as the hand is dealt. In a cash game, players are not allowed to buy any more chips or pull cash out of their pockets or borrow from friends and so on, unless previously agreed among all the players. All that they can bet is what they have, and in a tournament, where players are playing with "playing chips" this rule especially applies. No limits Holdem Poker is a completely different form of poker, although the basic rules are the same, the way that the betting is organised makes it completely different, In tournaments, players who are short stacked will take some very big risks to stay in the game including going " all in" that means that they have bet all of their chips in the hop of taking the pot irrespective of the value of their hand,

If the player who calls an all in against bets than their total chips, this situation creates a side bet. If the "all in" player wins the hand then they can only win the equivalent of the chips in their stack. On the other hand, if another player wins the call they win all the chips in the "all in" caller's stack as well as any other chips on the table.