More forced bets in poker II
In some poker games, particularly in those games where blind bet is a part, if a new player wishes to join an ongoing game he has to pay an amount called the post bet. Since, a post bet is considered a live bet, this amount can be called or raised when the player who paid it has his turn to act. Generally the amount of a post bet is equal to the big blind or in some cases, its value is the same as the minimum bet.
Sometimes players miss their turn to pay their blind wager when they go away temporarily and they are required to pay a post bet in the pot to be allowed to take part in the game again. If this is the case, then the size of the post bet is either equal to the small or big blind and in some cases it is equal to a combination of small and big blind that is going the rounds at the time the player wishes to enter the game. It is rule that when a player has to pay both big and small blind as his post bet, then the amount of big blind is live and can be called or raised but the small blind amount is dead and cannot be considered for any action. In those casino houses, where only one blind, with the largest value first, can be paid by each player in any given hand, there the pot bet I always invariably a live bet.
Since a player can be exempted from paying post wager if he is paying the big blind, sometimes new players book a seat in the gaming table and don’t take part in the game till it is their turn to pay the big blind. In case it is a player returning to play after temporary absence, he sometimes opt to miss some hands of play to let the big blind paying turn come to him rather than pay a post wager and enter the game straight away.
