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Sometimes poker is played in family and friend circles only for fun. However, betting in poker games gives it a particular thrill making the players keen to win the pot money. Generally a poker game starts when a player puts an amount and then the cards are dealt. This is called ‘to ante’. The amount varies from one poker game variation to another. Once the cards are dealt, the players place a bet in a clockwise manner. This is the money that constitutes the pot given as payout to the winner with the highest value hand and whose hand has not folded. Players, when betting is happening, can either call or raise or fold.

When a poker player decides to call a bet, he must raise his bet to match the amount of money that is being betted at that moment or else he would be owing money. For example, if a player has betted $10 initially and the current bet is going on $20, then he has to call his bet at $20 or he owes $10. Otherwise, one may also opt for the raise option. However, to use this option, the player must first make a call so as to get a chance to raise the overall bet size and increase the pot amount. So, if the player’s initial bet was $10 and since then the bet is going at $20, then to raise, he must first match the ongoing amount by calling $20 and then raise it to a higher amount, say $50. Since his original bet was short of the ongoing bet by $10 and he has raised the amount by an extra $30, the player is contributing $40 to the pot. For the fold option in poker, a player gives up his current hand. This eliminates his chance to win anything, but he is also exempt from putting more money in the pot if he exercises this choice.