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I’ve been hosting poker tournaments for quite some time now, and wanted to write a couple of articles to help solve some common home game queries, so i did.
feel free to cut and paste it anywhere you’d like for the low, low price of a linkback (Poker Rules – [url]http://www.online-poker-rules.net)[/url].
the glorious .html version can be found here:
xhttp://generouscasinos.com/articles/hpt-movingBlinds.html
Home Poker Tournaments – Moving the BlindsPoker night has made a comeback, and in a big way. People are gathering for friendly games of texas holdem on a regular basis in kitchens and rec rooms everywhere. And while most people are familiar with all of the basic rules of texas holdem, there are bound to be situations that come up in a home game where players are not sure of the proper ruling.
One of the more common of these situations involves . . .
The Blinds – when a player who was scheduled to pay a blind bet is busted from the tournament, what happens? Using what is called the Dead Button rule makes these rulings easier. The Big Blind always moves one place around the table.
“No one escapes the big blind.”That’s the easy way to remember it. The big blind moves around the table, and the deal is established behind it. It is perfectly fine for a player to deal twice in a row. It is ok for a player to deal three times in a row on occasion, but it never comes to pass that someone is exempted from paying the big blind.
There are three situations that can happen when a blind bettor is knocked out of the tournament.
The person who paid the big blind last hand is knocked out. They are scheduled to pay the small blind this hand, but aren’t there. In this case, the big blind moves one player to the left, as always. The deal moves left one spot (to the player who posted small blind last time). There is no small blind posted this hand.
The following hand, the big blind moves one to the left, as always. Someone posts the small blind, and the dealer remains the same. Now, things are back to normal.
The second situation is when the person who paid the small blind busts out. They would be scheduled to deal the next hand, but they aren’t there. In this case, the big blind moves one to the left, as always. The small blind is posted, and the same player deals again.
Things are once again in order.The last situation is when both blinds are knocked out of the tournament. The big blind moves one player, as always. No one posts the small blind. The same player deals again. On the next hand, the big blind moves one player to the left, as always. Someone posts a small blind. The dealer remains the same.
Now, things are back to normal again.
Once people change their way of thinking from valuing the dealer puck being passed around the table, to seeing that it is the Big Blind that moves methodically around the table, and the deal is an offshoot of the blinds, these rules fall into place easily.
While no friendly game of poker should fall apart if there is confusion over dealing with the blinds when a player scheduled to pay one has busted out, knowing these rules helps the game move along smoothly. And it makes it more enjoyable for everyone.
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xhttp://generouscasinos.com/articles/helloWebmasters.htmlI like it, and wouldn’t mind adding it, with the link back, but if i put this on my page.. I have duplicate content right?
but if i put this on my page.. I have duplicate content right?
> absolutely. without a doubt. yes. well, to a degree.the real question is whether it would trip a duplicate content filter, or in some other way garner a negative reaction from the search engines. that would be no good for anyone.
certainly, using syndicated material is not an automatic trip into the search engine doghouse.
(here’s an example of my distributed content on a pr5 page:
xhttp://www.pokersourceonline.com/learn/odds.asp
unfortunately, this fellow is a Sh!+he@d enough to have trimmed the linkback)but, to be sure, make your page unique from others that the article appears on. give it it’s own unique title (Lady Holdem’s Tourney Tips – Moving the Blinds, or some such thing). if you can edit your meta-tags, do so.
when you plop these 500 words into your website template, that changes the make-up of the page instantly. no other page on the net should have both this article and your template working in unison.
and a last piece of insulation you can provide for extra piece of mind is to write a short intro or footer. this will alter the make-up of the visible text on the page, further creating a unique situation on your page.
errr. . . peace of mind. too much iron maiden in my bloodstream. :rockband:
