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[jaxxar]

I've visited numerous websites on this topic and a few of them say that the dealer or button is dealt first card in heads up play for NLHE ...and other sites say the non-dealer is dealt first card...what is correct? thanks jay

[Mercury69]

The guy without the button.

[MrEye]

The non-dealer is the first card. The button is the small blind.

[jaxxar]

this site instructs to deal button first card in heads up play.. http://poker.oddsche...w/game/heads-up

[showstopper24]

Which sites?

[JadeTiger]

the only thing different about heads-up play is that the button is the SB. You deal away from the button as normal.

[jaxxar]

showstopper24, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 11:29 AM, said:

Which sites?

Click on the link i provided in the previous comment

[MrEye]

This says the opposite.

[sixhands]

The button always gets dealt last, it doesn't change when you are heads up.

[JadeTiger]

MrEye, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 10:03 AM, said:

This says the opposite.

This says "The small blind is the button and acts first before the flop and last after the flop. The player who does not have the button is dealt the first card." isnt that what i said?

[CrazyJoe]

jaxxar, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 6:56 AM, said:

this site instructs to deal button first card in heads up play.. http://poker.oddsche...w/game/heads-up

that site is stupid, look at this crap:In no LIMIT games there are a maximum number of chips you can buy in with. This varies depending on the sizes of the blinds. E.g. For a £1/£2 game the maximum number of chips you can start with is £200 this is to prevent people buying a strong chip lead in the game.

[MrEye]

JadeTiger, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 10:04 AM, said:

This says "The small blind is the button and acts first before the flop and last after the flop. The player who does not have the button is dealt the first card." isnt that what i said?

I meant the opposite of the link he provided. Sorry.

[jaxxar]

So ...would it be safe to assume that the info given on poker.oddschecker.com regarding heads up rules is false/a mistake/ written in error...when they say the dealer gets first card?????

[MrEye]

jaxxar, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 10:06 AM, said:

So ...would it be safe to assume that the info given on poker.oddschecker.com regarding heads up rules is false/a mistake/ written in error...when they say the dealer gets first card?????

Absolutely.

[EvilGN]

every online, home game, and live tourny i have ever been too is Button is SB, gets the last card, and is first to act preflop. Last to act post flop. Just like the above link.

[CrazyJoe]

EvilGN, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 7:11 AM, said:

every online, home game, and live tourny i have ever been too is Button is SB, gets the last card, and is first to act preflop. Last to act post flop. Just like the above link.

really? there are, or were, maybe, quite a few sites that had it wrong, I've played a bunch of online tournaments where the button is the big blind when it gets to heads up

[Teffy]

The button always acts first pre-flop HU. Acts second post-flop. Cards dealt away from button. End of story. If you played any other way, you played wrong.

[Icenine92]

CrazyJoe, on Thursday, August 10th, 2006, 7:06 AM, said:

that site is stupid, look at this crap:In no LIMIT games there are a maximum number of chips you can buy in with. This varies depending on the sizes of the blinds. E.g. For a £1/£2 game the maximum number of chips you can start with is £200 this is to prevent people buying a strong chip lead in the game.

I dont know, but every casino that I have ever played in had a max buy in. Usually a 1/2 game was about 200. Some of the casinos you could buy for 200 tip the dealer one (so that you are under 200) then buy in for 200 again. That way you have 399. But never have I saw one where they would let you set in a 1/2 game with 2000 or something like that.

[GoStags92]

Go play a $5 HU SnG, and you will learn pretty quickly.Button gets dealt last, as always. Acts first before the flop (SB), then last in ever subsequent betting round...but that's already been said now, hasn't it?

[lenoph]

okay, it's 3 handed and the big blind busts out... who gets the small, big and button? i believe the previous button holder becomes the big blind and the small blind keeps it AND the button. am i wrong?