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Poker limit IV

October 6th, 2008

According to the type of betting limits played in poker games, a very popular one is the spread limit game which permits a player to raise a bet to any value within a preset range. So for example if a spread limit poker game is being played with the tag ’10 to 20 limit’, it means that any betting done in the course of the game can range between $10 and $20. Sometimes, the final round in multi-round spread limit games allow an increased bet size. So, for a game with a limit of ’10 to 20, 50 on the end’, players can bet any amount between $10 and $20 in the initial rounds with the last betting round allowing wager ranging from $10-50.

Playing a spread limit poker game needs experience and skill, for rookie players make the mistake of betraying tells by predictably wagering highly with strong hands and low with weak hands. Interestingly, inducing opponents to fold by betting big does not happen often in spread limit games.

In the California spread variation of this limit game the range of betting is often very high like $3-100 or $10-1000 wit a condition that the maximum buy-in size matches the highest limit of the game. Popularly played in the casinos of California, this spread limit game is virtually played as no limit during the first hand.

The concept of limiting the number of raises in a given round of betting is a feature of almost all fixed limit poker games. This number, predetermined and made known to all players, vary from one casino house to another and the commonest form allows an initial wager followed by three or four raises. However, in some casinos where the pot is being contested one-to-one because all other players have folded, maximum raises rule does not apply and the two players are allowed continuous raise and re-raise till one goes all-in.

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