Poker Betting Structures

Betting Types

No Limit
No limit means exactly that, on their turn a player may bet all the chips they have in front them putting themselves "all-in".

Cap Game
A cap game is played like no limit except with a maximum amount a player can wager on a hand. Once this amount is reached play is treated as though they were all-in. A player may bet up to the cap limit at any point.

Pot Limit
On their turn a player may make a bet up to the amount currently in the pot, or any amount less provided it is larger then the big blind.

Half Pot Limit
On their turn a player may bet up to 50% of the money in the pot.

Fixed Limit
In fixed limit games players are given the option of only making a specific bet on each round, no more, no less. Limits usually double on the later rounds of betting.

Kill Games
The 'kill' is a two-step process. First, someone has to win a pot outright (they take all the money - no split pots or side pots). And the total amount of the pot (before rake is taken) must be equal to or greater than 5 times the big blind for the game. For example, in a $2/$4 game the big blind is $2 so the pot would have to be at least $10 (5 x $2 = $10) for it to qualify. If this happens, the winning player gets a button in front of his or her position. This is the 'partial kill' button. To receive a 'partial kill' button in Omaha 8/b, the player must scoop the pot (in other words win both the high and low hands). Some call it a 'half-kill' but that's just too confusing. The 'partial kill' button signifies that if this player wins the next hand we might have a Kill game and the stakes will go up! But for that to happen the player must win the pot outright, and the amount must be at least 5 times the big blind, just like they did before to get the partial kill button. If this happens we have a Kill game and the stakes go up. Effectively the blinds now double along with all bets on subsequent rounds. Play continues until the play with the "kill" loses a pot.

Mini Blind Games
As our regular limit Texas holdem rules explain, in traditional Texas hold'em games, the bets come in two sizes. For example, in "$5-$10" Texas hold'em, all bets and raises before the flop and on the flop come in $5 increments, and all bets and raises on the turn and river are made in $10 increments. Because the bets on the early rounds are relatively large compared to the later rounds when you have a better idea if you are going to make a flush draw or a straight draw, many players chose to play fairly conservatively in traditional Texas hold'em.
In Mini Blind Texas hold'em, the betting limit doubles each round. For example, the limits could be 1-2-4-8. This means that all pre-flop bets and raises will be made in $1 increments, all bets and raises on the flop will be in $2 increments, all bets and raises on the turn will be in $4 increments, and all bets and raises after the river card has been dealt, and you know exactly how strong your own final hand is (though of course you still will not know the strength of your opponents' hands) will be in $8 increments.
As a result of this structure, you should be able to see more flops than you can in traditional limit Texas hold'em games, and be able to get out of the hand at a relatively low cost should the flop not improve your hand or appear to endanger your hand. Of course, no change in the betting structure will ever remove the elements of bluffing or strategy from Texas hold'em, but you should probably expect to see more "real" or strong hands shown down on the river in Mini Blind structure than in traditional structure Texas hold'em.
You should also probably expect to see more players trying their luck with speculative drawing hands like 7-8 or flush draws, and fewer players who hold traditional Texas hold'em "powerhouses" like AA or KK able to raise out players holding these speculative hands. It is quite likely you will see a very different strategy evolve in Mini Blind structure games than in traditional Texas hold'em games.