Understanding the bet limits in poker is key to ensuring that you act and play like an expert and this article will help you to understand what bets to place and when.
Tournament Limits
The only difference between Fixed Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit is the amount you can bet or raise when it is a players turn to act. In Fixed Limit, the amount you can bet is determined by the limits and the current betting round.
The rules for the amount a player can bet in No Limit is determined by the size of the blinds, the amount of chips bet by previous players in the current betting round, and the amount of chips the players has left.
In Pot Limit, the rules for determining the amount a player can bet are determined similarly to No Limit, except that there is a limit on the maximum bet determined by the size of the pot and the action in the current betting round.
FIXED LIMIT BET RULES
Maximum bet/raise
In limit games, the maximum bet or raise a player can make in the first and second betting rounds is equal to the amount of the low limit of the table (eg, in a $1/$2 limit game, the bet players can make in rounds 1 and 3 is $1). In the third...