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Forced Betting

Most of the poker games will not be interesting if there are no bets involved; this is the reason for introducing forced spending actions such as antes and blinds. As discussed before, the person on the left of Dealer button must place the amount which may be half or a fraction of the small bet. The player who is two seats left of the Dealer button should place the entire small bet. For instance, in $2–$4 Hold ‘Em, $1 is the small blind while $2 is the big blind. You have to understand that online poker sites do not let the players enter Hold ‘Em games for free. Thus, you should either post the big blind immediately, even if it is out of your turn or wait for your turn to post big blind and get started with the game.

Big Blind and Small Blind

If you sit out of your blind hands, you can re-enter the game by either paying small blind and big blind ($1 + $2) or can wait for your turn for posting big blind. You have to understand that the big blind is a live bet as it will be considered as an automatic call while the small blind does not count as raise and thus is a dead bet.

If you learn any kind of poker skills and apply them in online poker, then I will be glad to be of some use.