Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Examples: in a $1—$3 limit, the ante
Examples: in a $1—$3 limit, the ante is 25 cents. In a $3-$6 limit, the ante is 50 cents. In the $5-$10 limit, the ante is $1. In the $10-$20 limit game, the ante is $2. In the $20-$40 limit game, the ante is $5. And in the $300-$600 limit game, the ante is $100.
The House Charge, Cut or Rake.
The House Charge, Cut or Rake. In the $l-$3 limit, rake is 4% on pots totaling more than $5, maximum rake per pot, $3. In the $3- $6 limit, rake is 4% of all pots totaling more than $10, maximum rake per pot $2. In the $5-$10 limit, rake is 4% of all pots totaling more than $15, maximum rake $2 per pot. In the $10-$20 limit, rake is 4% of all pots totaling more than $20, maximum rake $3 per pot. In $20- $40 limit, rake is 4% of all pots totaling $25 or more, maximum rake $3 per pot. In the $300-$600 limit, the charge is fixed at $18 a seat per hour.