poker rules betting

poker,,, n.l.holdem....can anyone tell me the rule ( betting pattern ) when you flop the nuts...?

I know that you cant just check... must bet.... and if someone bets before you ..you must raise.. keeps the betting and play moving... but i cant find this rule written down.. so lemme know if you can... cheers..

Adam makes alot of good points. Let me add a couple things assuming that you cannot be beat, or only a miracle card or runner runner can....

Is it Limit or No-Limit/Pot-Limit?

In Limit it is more likely that people will call you if they have a draw, even on some scary looking boards. This is because they are only risking one small bet.
That being said, it also depends on who the players are and how many there are. If it is only you and one or two others, and they are the type of players that will fold easily, check and then call if someone else bets...then bet on the turn regardless of what comes.
If there are many other players and some of them are a bit wild it depends on where the wild ones are.....if they are right behind you and you expect them to bet check and let them start the action. If they are wild and everyone knows it, they are likely to get many calls or even get raised. If they get just calls, check-raise the table. If someone else raises them, just smooth call the raise and any more raises. Then check again on the turn and go for the check-raise then.

In No-limit or Pot-limit you can generally afford to check, and even if no one bets, you can still win a big pot with future betting. If it checks around, throw in a relatively small bet of about half the size of the pot. This is a standard play and you could be doing it with the nuts, on the draw, have a weak hand, or be on a total bluff.....if you get called or raised you now are at least building a pot and hope to make a lot of chips. If you don't no one probably had anything anyway and you just have to be satisfied.

Never check it all the way to the river. I have seen a couple situations where people missed out on alot of money.

1. One guy flopped a straight flush and one flopped the nut A high flush. The straight flush never bet always looking for the check raise and the board paired on the river so the nut A high flush never bet either. The straight flush could have made alot as the A high would have raised him every time until the river, and would still have called the river.

2. This one really cost a couple of friends money. It was a $3-$6 limit hold'em game. The button raised with AA and the big blind just called with two tens. Being friends they agreed to check it down to the river. The flop came A-10-10, but neither put a bet in for the rest of the hand. Where the big cost was....this casino had a Bad-beat Jack-pot over $60k at the time (half to the "loser" and a quarter to the "winner" and the table split the rest) if Aces full of Tens were beaten by Quads or better. The problem was there had to be a minimum of $20 in the pot to qualify. There was only $13 (preflop raise to $6, +$1 for the Small Blind, +$6 for the Big Blind call.) The friends ended up missing out on $45k between them because they wouldn't bet.

Have Fun!!

Badugi Poker Rules

Badugi poker can be quite exciting. Badugi poker is a variant of triple draw that has many unique aspects that differentiate it from its cousin. The biggest difference between Badugi and triple draw is that you will have only four cards in your Badugi hand at any one time instead of the five that you would have in triple draw. Additionally, hands are ranked differently in Badugi poker than in other more traditional poker games. Becoming a good Badugi player only happens when you are aware of the Badugi rules that govern play. Let's look at those rules:

Badugi Poker Rules: Game Structure

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Badugi is played with as few as two or as many as eight players around the Badugi poker table. More than eight players would "exhaust the deck" which means that there would not be a sufficient number of cards for all players. Badugi is a fixed limit game that does not use an ante system, but instead is played with "blinds". A $5/$10 Badugi table means that the small blind (who makes the small bet) would bet a minimum of $5, while the big blind (who makes the big bet) would bet a minimum of $10. Small blinds are played before and after the first draw, while big blinds are made after the second and third draws in Badugi poker.

Badugi Poker Rules: Dealing

Once the blinds have been posted (two forced bets, pre-draw, at pre-determined limits), the deal begins. The small blind is posted by the player to the dealer's left, and the big blind by the player to the small blind's left. The small blind can bet one-half of the size of the small bet, and the big blind is twice that of the small blind. On a $1/$2 table, for example, the small blind would bet fifty cents, and the big blind would bet one dollar, and so on.

Once the blinds have been posted, each player is deal four cards face down (also called "down and dirty"). These cards are dealt one at a time in a consecutive, clockwise fashion around the Badugi poker table. After each player has their cards, betting for the first round begins.

Betting Before the First Draw in Badugi Poker

Betting in the first round begins with the player who is seated to the exact left of the big blind player. This player may fold, call, or raise. Once that player has acted, each player can fold, call, raise, or re-raise if the player in front of them had raised the bet. There is a maximum of four raises, after which Badugi players may only fold or call.

Drawing Rounds in Badugi Poker

Once the first betting round is over, the first draw commences with the player seated to the exact left of the dealer. Players can discard unwanted cards from their hands. Players can draw as many as four cards or may choose to stand pat (drawing no cards). The first draw is followed by more betting, and the second draw. All bets are at lower limits. The next two drawing rounds go about as the first, only betting will be at the maximum limit only for rounds two and three.

Badugi Poker Rules: the Showdown

Once all drawing and betting is complete, the showdown occurs. All players who are remaining in the action will flip their hands over to reveal their cards. The person holding the best four card Badugi hand will win.

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