Hey guys,
i played at star city for the first time the other day. i played the 10/20 limit texas table basically because it was the shortest wait. i've never played poker in person before that time and when i play on the net blinds and bets were done by computer automatically for you. Theres just a few things i want to clear up.

-i thought because it was a 10/20 table it meant the sb was 10 and bb was 20 but it was the sb was 5 and bb 10. whats the 10/20 mean anyway?

-does anyone know of a site that explains the rules for a table like this in detail, like what the cap is pre flop, pre turn and pre river and whats the minimum bet every round. or if anyone just explain it to me here i would appreciate it greatly

Many thanks in advance and happy punting
Punta

"i thought because it was a 10/20 table it meant the sb was 10 and bb was 20 but it was the sb was 5 and bb 10. whats the 10/20 mean anyway?"

10-20 means the size of a small bet and a big bet. A small bet is usually the size of a big blind. Sounds silly now but you'll see why in a minute.

"does anyone know of a site that explains the rules for a table like this in detail, like what the cap is pre flop, pre turn and pre river and whats the minimum bet every round. or if anyone just explain it to me here i would appreciate it greatly"

Different cardrooms have different capping limits, eg some allow a 3bet (ie a bet, and 2 reraises), some allow 4 (ie a bet and 3 reraises). You'll have to check with star city. Capping is the same on every street ( in terms of # of reraises allowed).

Ok. Preflop. Preflop you bet/raise in small bets (ie a big blind, the $10 in 10/20).

On the flop, you bet/raise in small bets.

On the turn, the betting amount increases and you now bet/raise in big bets.

On the river, you bet raise in big bets.

So basically the bet size for the last 2 streets is doubled.

So preflop and on the flop we bet/call/raise in $10 units at a 10/20 table. On the turn and river, we use units of $20.

Thanks Mr J
your reply did help quite a bit
now if i can only get a seat at star city.....

how old r ya punta? Im from Sydney too.Havent been to star city for a while.Not really my scence,however i do enjoy watching,people gamble.

im 21 mate which is a advantage when playin poker at star city i think.
ive had a lot of older people give me **** sayin "ur a kid what would you know" or "here we go boys, easy money".

its funny how quiet they go when they lose.

im 21 myself too. I was actually there after the NRL Gf. Didnt know about the poker table. I didnt seem to enjoy being there,like i used too

yeah i use to be like that before
i think it was a phase for me
just didnt wanna gamble or go to casino
now im back at the stage where i think about what bets im gonna put on during the week

Heh that's kinda funny when some of the top online players are barely legal, and there are plenty making 6 figs.

As fun as it'd be to take money off these chumps I don't think it's gonna pay like 12tabling $55 sngs on party poker

i remember those days when i was all excited and had a rush everytime i went to star city.i found sports punting more my thing these days. Anyone who becomes sucessful playing at star city is one lucky person

to become successful at star city at anything apart from poker is just luck.
poker you have control over your outcome to some degree