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[babaoriley]

hello,
i have just started to learn poker and there is still a question which i hope somebody here can help me to answer...
we play a 10 / 20 limit table.
my question:
does a player who wants to bet/raise/reraise/cap during a betting interval always have to play the exact amount of the given limits or can he chose an amount anything between up to the limits?
for examle:
the flop comes and player1 now wants to bet. can he bet 8 or does he have to bet 10 ?
then the turn comes and player1 wants to bet. can he bet 17 or does he have to bet 20 ?
thank you very much for any answers in advance.
eddie,
germany

[Sean_in_NJ]

In your example, the bets preflop and on the flop must be 10 and the bets on the turn and river must be 20.

The game you're describing is closer to a "spread limit" game where bets could range from a specified minimum to a specified maximum, for example $1-$5 Stud.

[babaoriley]

thank you.
your answer helped a lot.
i didn't know the difference between "Spread Limit" and "Fixed Limit".
now i know

[mindgame]

If this is a game for beginners and you're playing 10/20...

are you talking dollars????

Cuz I'd LOVE to be invited.

[golddog]

I think that's more common in the smaller games. What we have here in Colorado, for example, is $2-$5 spread. Low-limit wagering, max bet size. Sigh.

I think the Monte Carlo in Vegas had a $1-$3 spread game. Dave's talked about some crazy thing in Minnesota--$2-60 I think he said.

But my experience has been most limit poker is fixed limit--$X before and after the flop, $2X turn and river, with blinds of $.5X and X.