Poker kill game III
The player who triggers the kill hand in a poker game is required to put an extra blind wager on the table and this is known as the kill blind. So, it is not important whether a player is on the button or is paying blinds, and anyone in a game table can wager a kill blind. When the size of the kill blind bet is twice the small bet or the big blind, it is said to be a full kill. So, for a game played with $10/$20 limits where the small bet and the big blind is of $10 value, then the full kill blind wager size would be $20.
In some casinos, the rule specifies that a player to pay the kill blind must act last and only after the big blind player has acted and where the kill blind player is positioned in the game table is not taken into account. So, if there is a game being played among five players and the fifth player has the kill hand and the first player has the dealer button then the first betting round will see action from the fourth player first, followed by the dealer, followed by the second player with small blind, the third player with big blind and end with the fifth player with kill blind.
If the same player has to pay one of the blinds and also the kill blind, then any of three options are chosen. The player may thus only pay the kill blind and his stipulated blind is not paid; or he has to pay both his own blind and the killer blind in the same hand of play, in which case his own blind becomes dead and the kill blind is live and used to determine his bet amount making the game riskier for the next acting player; or the kill blind player is exempted from paying his scheduled blind till a later hand of play.
