Texas Holdem Betting Structures

Betting at Texas Holdem is easy once you are familiar with the different betting structures.

Why?

Because each Texas Holdem game has a minimum and a maximum betting limit and Texas Holdem is played accordingly. Read about the betting structure of texas holdem and understand how you can fit in among the betting frenzy of this poker game.

Structured Limit

These Texas Holdem limits are set before the game begins. By this I mean that the limits are decided upon by the casino and you can decide to enter this game and abide by its limits or not. These Texas Holdem games are named according to their limits: $4/$8 or $50/$100 games.

Note this means that during the first two rounds you bet the lower amount and during the last two rounds according to the higher amount. In addition, only four different bets can be made per round.

Spread Limit

Unlike set limits, in this game of Texas Holdem you have a range of betting amounts. Something like a range of $20 - $100 means that you can bet sums of money accordingly at any juncture of Texas Holdem.

Sometimes you might come across a four amount range. Here it means that you can bet the first range pre-flop and on the flop, on a turn it goes up to the third number and on the river it goes up to the last number.

Pot Limit

At these Texas Holdem games you can bet money ranging anywhere between the cost of the big blind and the size of the pot.

No Limit

At these Texas Holdem games you have total freedom to bet any amount you feel like or sometimes it means that you can bet any amount between the cost of the big blind and the amount in the pot.