Poker betting XIV
Betting pattern in a poker game played with blind wagers take a setback when it is a one-to-one game and the customary rules are not applicable to determine the position of blinds. It is normally followed that the player who has the button pays the small bind and his opponent pays the big blind. This results in the button player in being the first to act before the flop round as he has to pay the small bind, but has the privilege of being the second to act in all subsequent rounds of betting.
In case the game is not played between two players, but the size of the game table has minimized to just two, there is a special rule to settle who gets the button. For example, if several players or at least three players were playing and all get eliminated leaving only two at the table, then first the big blind shifts one position to the left and once who pays the big blind is decided, the other player is assigned the button. So, if there are three players with the first player having the button, the second player paying the small blind and the third player paying the big blind and now the first player is eliminated. In this situation, in the next hand the big blind will get shifted to the second player whom the positioning of the button will skip and it will be received by the third player, who would also be liable to pay the small blind. Now, if the third player gets eliminated, the big blind gets shifted one position and has to be paid by the player seated left to him, that is the first player. Therefore this will result in the second player getting the button and similar to the previous hand, he will again have to pay small blind.
