Cash Entry
As players come and go from the poker games, there are certain rules that must be followed regarding seat assignments and forced blind bets.
In cash games, where players can enter and leave a poker online table at will, the rule is that a new player to a table where play is in progress must post a blind for the first hand of play. If the player sits in the natural big blind seat, it’s simple. But more often, new players will sit in another seat. In that case, the dealer will ask the player to “post or wait for the blind.” This means the player can put up a big blind bet, or simply sit out all the hands until the big blind naturally progresses to the new player.
Players who sit one or two seats to the left of big blind often wait one or two hands for the natural progression rather than posting a big blind. A late position seat to the right of the big button would probably prefer to post the blind rather than wait seven or eight hands to play.
A player cannot come into the small blind seat, post the small blind and play a hand. Instead, they have two options: to buy the button, or sit out and wait for the button to pass, then post a big blind bet. To buy the button means the players puts up both a big and small blind. The player to the immediate left, who was scheduled to pay the small blind does not post. During the next hand, the button goes to the new player who “bought” it, and the player to the left pays the small blind.
These rules ensure fairness for blind posting to both the new players and those who have already been playing at the table. Remember this next time you’re at the casino online.
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