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Limit Hold'em

Limit Hold'em rules

Limit Hold'em (LHE) is NLHE with Fixed limit betting.

Updated:2026-10-17

  • The same two hole cards and five-card board as NLHE, with Fixed limit betting.
  • Bets and raises go up in fixed steps, and each round caps at 4 bets.

Base: NLHE

Differences from NLHE:

  • Bets and raises move one unit at a time. At 10/20, preflop and flop are 10, turn and river are 20
  • Blinds are SB 5 and BB 10 (the SB is half the small bet, the BB equals the small bet)
  • Each round caps at 4 bets (counting is in Three kinds of betting). Preflop the BB 10 counts as the first, then 20, 30, 40
  • You cannot bet big to push people out. With 3 or more players in, the most one player can put in a hand is 40 + 40 + 80 + 80 = 240

Dealing, hand rankings and showdown are the same as NLHE.

Example. At 10/20, UTG raises to 20, BTN 3-bets to 30, UTG calls. SB and BB fold.

Street Action Each of the 2 players puts in
Preflop UTG raises to 20, BTN 3-bets to 30, UTG calls 30 each
Flop UTG checks, BTN bets 10, call 10 each
Turn BTN bets 20, call 20 each
River BTN bets 20, call 20 each

The two put in 30 + 10 + 20 + 20 = 80 each, and with the blinds’ 15 the pot is 175.

Sources

  • Poker TDA Rules (2024 version: Rules 47 and 48; short all-in raises and the number of raises)
  • Robert Ciaffone, “Robert’s Rules of Poker” (the half-bet rule in limit)
  • PokerNews and Wikipedia rules pages for each game

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