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07-21-2017 , 05:04 PM

Slam254

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 351

In my home game NLHE tournament last night ( $60 buy-in, 1- $40 re-buy), blinds were at $40-$80 ... post-flop a guy bets $100.

One guy said "it has to be min $80 or min raise= $160".

Another guy said "He's leading-out, he can bet any amount, he can bet $1 ... It's no limit"

So, what do you guys think ?

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07-21-2017 , 06:19 PM

VBAces

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,473

They are both wrong. After the flop, the minimum bet is the amount of the big blind - so it does have to be at least $80. And that simply means the minimum. If he wants to do more than that he can make it any amount more than that - $81 is fine. He is not raising. He is simply betting.

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07-21-2017 , 08:39 PM

mbrothers22

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Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 61

A post flop open must be at least the big blind, so 80. A raise is minimun double for the first raise then the difference between the last 2 bets for a re raise.
Example:

Player A opens for 100
Player B can min raise to 200 or as much as he likes. He raises to 257.
Player A wants to re raise, the minimum is not 514, but
414 (157 more because that's how much the previous raise was)

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07-21-2017 , 11:14 PM

Kelvis

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Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,737

Any bet needs to be 1BB at minimum. 100 is fine, 1 is obviously not fine. Both are wrong.

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