PROPOSED STICKY
Wait I heard there is no no-limit poker in Arizona
Technically you heard correctly, we play 'spread limit hold'em'
$300 max with
1/3 blinds (buy in $100-$300)
$500 max with
3/5 blinds (buy in $300-$1,000)
in fact $500 is the maximum bet in any legal state casino.
So what can I bet? Does the betting stop at $300??
You can bet up to the max bet. So if someone bets $12, you may raise to $312, and he may reraise to $612 etc. {or $15, $515, $1015 in 3/5}
So it's not that hard to get all in.
We guess you'll see someone estopped from getting all in @once every 40 hours of live play, and most of those situation arise because people bet very little on earlier streets.
Should I know about anything that happens fairly often
Yes. Because we're technically playing limit poker, the betting is capped at one bet and 3 raises. The big blind counts as the bet before the flop [a live straddle does NOT count]. So if utg raises to $12, utg+1 reraises to $21, the next player who raises will have made the 3rd and final preflop raise, after which everyone else may only call or fold.
This is not real poker; you can't bluff
You cannot value bet either, because everyone know you can't bluff