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Texas Hold'em Question

misle

misle

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When you are down to 2 people playing (one is the dealer), how do blinds and betting work?

Would the Dealer get the Big Blind? Or does it switch and he gets the small blind?
 
Originally posted by: misle
When you are down to 2 people playing (one is the dealer), how do blinds and betting work?

Would the Dealer get the Big Blind? Or does it switch and he gets the small blind?
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Switches every hand - or you can just switch to antes (same bet for both before the deal)
 
Originally posted by: Pathogen03
This is exactely why I want to own a gun.
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WTF does that mean?

Back to the actual topic:

Okay, person A has the dealer button.
Does person A have the BB or SB? Does person A bet first or second?

thanks
 
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
 
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
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Thank you very much.

Guns rule!
 
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
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To me it makes more sense for the non-dealer to post the sb because he's the first person left of the dealer (who usually posts the sb) and then the next person to the left (in this case the dealer) would post the bb...
 
from what i understand, the dealer is the big blind and the other person (small blind) is first to act before the flop. just take turns dealing.
 
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
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i believe dealer is BB always

that is how we play and how it is in every tourney i've played online does it

dealer means you act last in every round of betting except for first round
but when you are dealer / bb then you do act last every round
 
Originally posted by: mchammer187
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
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i believe dealer is BB always

that is how we play and how it is in every tourney i've played online does it

dealer means you act last in every round of betting except for first round
but when you are dealer / bb then you do act last every round
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The dealer is never the big blind.
 
Originally posted by: Sephy
Originally posted by: mchammer187
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
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i believe dealer is BB always

that is how we play and how it is in every tourney i've played online does it

dealer means you act last in every round of betting except for first round
but when you are dealer / bb then you do act last every round
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The dealer is never the big blind.
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dealer is BB when there are 2 people left

i am positive
 
Originally posted by: mchammer187
Originally posted by: Sephy
Originally posted by: mchammer187
Originally posted by: Vilica
dealer has the button and posts the sb, and acts first preflop. other player posts the bb, and acts first after the flop.
Click to expand...

i believe dealer is BB always

that is how we play and how it is in every tourney i've played online does it

dealer means you act last in every round of betting except for first round
but when you are dealer / bb then you do act last every round
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The dealer is never the big blind.
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dealer is BB when there are 2 people left

i am positive
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We always play with dealer as SB. This way, the dealer acts first pre-flop, and then retains the typical "dealer bonus" of acting last in every subsequent round. I mean, the main benefit of being on the button is that you get to bet after everyone else once the flop's come down. The only fair way to do this is to have the dealer be SB...wouldn't be cool to have the dealer bet last before AND after the flop.
 
The player left of the dealer (button) is the small blind. Why would it change when there are only 2 left?
 
Originally posted by: new2AMD
The player left of the dealer (button) is the small blind. Why would it change when there are only 2 left?
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The BB is always out of position postflop. If you kept the same setup, in heads-up, the BB would be in position preflop and postflop, which would be extremely unfair, and would kill any action. Thus, the SB has the button, and position postflop.
 
Originally posted by: 95SS
Originally posted by: new2AMD
The player left of the dealer (button) is the small blind. Why would it change when there are only 2 left?
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The BB is always out of position postflop. If you kept the same setup, in heads-up, the BB would be in position preflop and postflop, which would be extremely unfair, and would kill any action. Thus, the SB has the button, and position postflop.
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I think you got this wrong. The SB acts first which makes that spot out of position. The button is always in position. Therefore the button and BB go together. The BB is NOT out of position. Where did you get that from? If the button had the small blind it would have to act against the big in order to stay in.
 
Originally posted by: new2AMD
Originally posted by: 95SS
Originally posted by: new2AMD
The player left of the dealer (button) is the small blind. Why would it change when there are only 2 left?
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The BB is always out of position postflop. If you kept the same setup, in heads-up, the BB would be in position preflop and postflop, which would be extremely unfair, and would kill any action. Thus, the SB has the button, and position postflop.
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I think you got this wrong. The SB acts first which makes that spot out of position. The button is always in position. Therefore the button and BB go together. The BB is NOT out of position. Where did you get that from? If the button had the small blind it would have to act against the big in order to stay in.
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It changes in heads-up. The same player does not have position both preflop and postflop. If the BB was the button, this would be the case. Therefore, in heads up, the BB is always out of position postflop, with the SB on the button. That's the way it is, and if you don't believe me, check the links posted in this thread, or watch some WSOP or WPT sometime.
 
Originally posted by: CtK
easy solution
just get someone else to deal to the final two
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There's still a button, and two blinds. Doesn't matter if there's a dedicated dealer or not.
 
Originally posted by: 95SS
Originally posted by: CtK
easy solution
just get someone else to deal to the final two
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There's still a button, and two blinds. Doesn't matter if there's a dedicated dealer or not.
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so the person who is NOT the button will be the SB and the button will be BB
 
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