Texas Hold 'Em poker rules

[CrazyFunkyTown]

Hey guys I was playing a home game of Texas Hold 'Em last night and I had a few points that came up I wasn't too sure about.

It started when this player kept taking breaks of a few hands to take a smoke. This is irritating but hey its his game so if he wants to take a break every now and then thats fine. However, we were playng with a big/small blind system so I said that if he leaves the table and misses a hand he will need to post to value of the big blind before he receives his cards in his first hand back. This is equivalent to automatically calling the big blind in that hand.

He objects to this and says that if we are going to do that we are going to need to do some other rules that we were suposedly ignoring. He said something about a rule where if a player checks in a round of betting they lose to opportunity to bet first in the next round. I am not sure if that was exactly what he was saying but something along those lines. I have never heard of any rule like this and I was wondering if someone with a lot of Texas Hold 'Em experience could shed some light on what we should be doing. Thanks in advance!

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: CrazyFunkyTown
Hey guys I was playing a home game of Texas Hold 'Em last night and I had a few points that came up I wasn't too sure about.

It started when this player kept taking breaks of a few hands to take a smoke. This is irritating but hey its his game so if he wants to take a break every now and then thats fine. However, we were playng with a big/small blind system so I said that if he leaves the table and misses a hand he will need to post to value of the big blind before he receives his cards in his first hand back. This is equivalent to automatically calling the big blind in that hand.

He objects to this and says that if we are going to do that we are going to need to do some other rules that we were suposedly ignoring. He said something about a rule where if a player checks in a round of betting they lose to opportunity to bet first in the next round. I am not sure if that was exactly what he was saying but something along those lines. I have never heard of any rule like this and I was wondering if someone with a lot of Texas Hold 'Em experience could shed some light on what we should be doing. Thanks in advance!

your friend sounds retarded.

Ok, if you're playing non-tournament, then if he misses his big blind, he can't come back in until the dealer button passes him and then he has to post a BB if he wants to play.

If he misses both BB and SB, then after the dealer button passes him, he has to post BB + SB (dead) which means the SB (dead) goes in the pot.

No idea what he was talking about w/ the checkings/betting rule.

 

[brunswickite]

if he sits out, and then comes back, he needs to post a dead blind (big blind amount), (i am not sure what exacty the dead blind rules are)

also i dunno what he is talking about during the "checking in the first round and cant bet in the latter rounds" the only person taht can really check on the first round of betting is big blind, and they can bet in otehr rounds...

 

[CrazyFunkyTown]

Hehe, yeah I figured it was something like that HonkeyDonk. I think he mighta just been pissed because he was having a bad night. If anyone has anything thta supports this guy please post links to back it up because I don't want to bear down on him about the rules next time unless I am sure.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk

Originally posted by: CrazyFunkyTown
Hey guys I was playing a home game of Texas Hold 'Em last night and I had a few points that came up I wasn't too sure about.

It started when this player kept taking breaks of a few hands to take a smoke. This is irritating but hey its his game so if he wants to take a break every now and then thats fine. However, we were playng with a big/small blind system so I said that if he leaves the table and misses a hand he will need to post to value of the big blind before he receives his cards in his first hand back. This is equivalent to automatically calling the big blind in that hand.

He objects to this and says that if we are going to do that we are going to need to do some other rules that we were suposedly ignoring. He said something about a rule where if a player checks in a round of betting they lose to opportunity to bet first in the next round. I am not sure if that was exactly what he was saying but something along those lines. I have never heard of any rule like this and I was wondering if someone with a lot of Texas Hold 'Em experience could shed some light on what we should be doing. Thanks in advance!

your friend sounds retarded.

Ok, if you're playing non-tournament, then if he misses his big blind, he can't come back in until the dealer button passes him and then he has to post a BB if he wants to play.

If he misses both BB and SB, then after the dealer button passes him, he has to post BB + SB (dead) which means the SB (dead) goes in the pot.

No idea what he was talking about w/ the checkings/betting rule.

I have no clue what your friend is talking about. If he sits out long enough to miss his BB, he has to post the BB (dead blind) before he can be dealt back in, or he has to wait until his BB to play again, like HonkeyDonk said.

The check/betting rule is either BS or a stupid house rule he's played with in the past. Nothing official.

Rob

 

[KevinF]

The only weird thing is how he got the idea for the check/bet rule in the first place and how he became convinced that it was official.

 

[Atomicus]

The starter of bets always alternates per hand. If you're the person who gets to check/bet first before the flop, you will always get to check/bet before any other person when 4th or 5th street is turned. Your friend is on crack and a sore loser

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
The starter of bets always alternates per hand. If you're the person who gets to check/bet first before the flop, you will always get to check/bet before any other person when 4th or 5th street is turned. Your friend is on crack and a sore loser

you're half correct.

For preflop, the person who is right after BB gets to bet first. But for after flop, 4th, and river, its the person right after the dealer who gets to check/bet first. Of course BB is always option on preflop though....

 

[Aquaman]

OMGWATERMELON

That smoke break dude is retarded

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[lesch2k]

one point that was missed - he can take a smoke break when other people are in the blinds and then he doesn?t miss a blind and doesn?t pay anything

normal etiquette would be that if he isn?t there you still deal him his cards, and then fold him when he would need a break.

Another missing point ? you can agree to have an X minute break every Y minutes to appease smokers.


what other people said about having to post big blind when you want to come back to the pot are correct. the choices are to pay big blind, or if you missed big and small any number of times then you have to post big blind, put the small blind (dead) into the pot so it doesnt count as money wagered on the hand or wait for big blind to come to you again.

the not betting after a raise comes from house rules in some places. some people, including friends of mine do not allow check raises. this could be different in different places including what he said. although losing the opportunity to go first in a round is nothing. you want to go last!!