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minimum bet at the start of each round is the amount of the big blind wager. The
maximum eligible bet at all times is a player's table stake (the amount of money
a player currently has on the table). During the course of a round of betting,
a bet size cannot decline. (A bet or raise must equal or exceed the preceding
bet or raise.) If someone bets or raises $5, then the next player's minimum raise
would be $5. Any Texas Holdem player can go all in (wager all his chips) at any
point during the play of the hand. A player is never forced to call more than
the amount of chips he has on the table at any moment. That is, no player can
be "bet out" of a hand. If one player runs out of chips during the course
of a hand, and more than one opponent remains with more chips than that player,
then a side pot is created. An all-in player can win from another player only
as much as he is in for. This concept also applies to pot-limit games.
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