| Unless you’re
a poker player, you’re probably wondering why the hell one
should kill a pot and how one should go about it. But wonder no more
because this article aims to explain everything there is about killing
pots in poker.
Killing a pot refers to the act of posting an overblind to increase
the betting ceiling. There are different ways in pot murdering.
A full kill would mean doubling the amount of the big blind and
therefore doubling the betting limit as well. For a half kill in
a poker game, you multiply the big blind by 1 and a half times
or 1.5 and once again raise the betting ceiling with the same amount.
A kill in a poker game may or may not be required.
A player may opt to make a kill if he prefers not to wait to take
the big blind. But on the other hand, a kill may be required in
a poker game if a player has won for two consecutive times. And
in a high low split game, a poker player is once again to go for
the kill if he wins a pot bigger than the set size.
The following are other pertinent rules regarding killing pots:
A marker is sometimes used which is called a “kill button”.
This button is used to show what player just won the last pot.
This kill button becomes neutral only if it’s the first hand
of a new game, the previous winner of the pot has left the game
or the previous pot was halved and neither of the victors had the
kill button with them.
There is no maximum or minimum pot sizewhen it is the first pot
or round. However for the second pot or round to be available for
killing, the player must at least win one full round (no matter
what the limit is) and it must not be part of any blind structure.
Only one kill is allowed per deal.
Upon entering a poker game, a new player isn’t allowed to
play in a killed pot unless he promises to murder—err, rather
kill—the next pot.
A poker player who leaves the table with a “leg up” has
the same status when returning to the table.
Poker has always required you to do some mathematical equations
and it’s still the same when it comes to killing pots. If
a poker player wins both high and low pots in a split-plot game
with the stipulation to kill, the next hand will be killed only
if the pot is equal to five times (yes, that’s five!) the
size of the upper betting limits of the game.
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