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The pot-limit betting format and the switching of games does claim a bit more mental energy from both players and dealers.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Total Entries
453
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 453
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The pot-limit betting format and the switching of games does claim a bit more mental energy from both players and dealers.
in a PLO hand, a player pushed all in for his last 3,175, leaving Daniel Negreanu with a decision. To call would mean committing about half his remaining chips."Do you have aces with the nut flush draw?" Negreanu began. "I know you don't have kings full." He continued to ponder. Then he looked over at our reporter and asked him what he would do. (No help there for Kid Poker.)
Negreanu decided to fold, but first made his opponent an offer. "I fold," he said, "but if you show me kings full, I'll give you $200." Negreanu flashed an eight as he mucked. And his opponent mucked as well, offering no information about his hand.
Negreanu now has about 6,500.
Both players checked the
flop. The 
came on the turn, and when it checked to Grospellier he fired 1,125, causing his opponent to fold.Grospellier has about 8,000 at the moment.
. The original raiser checked, the next player bet 425, and Ulliott pushed all in with his last 1,125. Both of his opponents called. The turn was the
. The first player bet pot -- 2,025 -- and the other player folded. He showed 
for top pair, and Ulliott for the straight draw. The river was the 
, and the Devilfish was sunk.
The flop came
, the Dallas fan checked, Negreanu bet 100, and his opponent folded."Getting away with murder," said a player from across the table. "What're you gonna do there, check-raise me?" asked Negreanu. "Maybe," came the reply. "You'll just lose more," said Negreanu with a smile.
Shortly afterwards, Negreanu won a hold'em hand with nines full, and now has chipped up to 9,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
.The table checked to Devilfish who bet 150, and all folded except a player in middle position. The
came on the turn, and Ulliott winced -- whether because of the card or the message, it was not clear. Both players checked.Both also checked the
on the river. Ulliott showed 
for trip fours, and his opponent mucked. The Devilfish has 10,750.
. MacDonald checked, his opponent bet 1,400, and MacDonald called. Both checked the 
on the turn. The river brought the 
. MacDonald bet 1,500 this time, and got the call.MacDonald turned over
for the flopped straight, and his opponent mucked. He now has 10,700.
If no one has entered the pot yet, the most a player can bet is the size of the pot. Let's say we're heads up on the river and there is 1,000 in the middle. You check to me on the button. The most I can bet here is 1,000. Simple enough.
What sometimes gets tricky is figuring out in pot-limit games how much a player can raise after a bet has been made. Let's say I do bet the pot (1,000) in that previous example, then you decide to check-raise the pot. How much can you bet?
For you to bet pot, you'd be putting enough chips in the middle to call my raise (1,000) plus the equivalent of the new pot size after your call -- in this case 3,000. So for you to check-raise the pot, you'd be betting a total of 4,000. (And I thought this was a friendly game.)
Remember that preflop, the blinds constitute the initial betting, so once again, for someone to open-raise the pot, that player would be betting the equivalent of the big blind plus the new pot size. For instance, here in the PLO half of Level 1, the blinds are 25/50. So to open with a pot-size raise, a player would be betting 175 (50 + 125).
"String bets" are not allowed at the WSOP -- in other words, players cannot make multiple moves when betting, like one often sees in the movies (e.g., "I call your 50, and raise you another 125.") However, it is sometimes helpful to think of the pot-sized bet in two parts when calculating it (a call plus a raise).
