<p>What your post describes, with the dealer posting the big blind, covers how I have always seen this scenario played, between various casinos in Biloxi, MS, USA and local games in Nashville TN and Atlanta GA.</p>

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2012-01-23T01:02:27.223Z
2012-01-23T01:02:27.223Z
Sparr
<p>No. Under practically all rules, the dealer posts the small blind and is first to act preflop. After the flop, the other player acts first.</p>

<p>Other rules have occasionally been implemented -- I believe Party Poker used to have this backwards preflop -- but this is almost universal. It is generally thought to lead to a better game with more action, as the small blind has a higher incentive to complete or raise when he has the benefit of acting last postflop.</p>

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2012-01-23T00:25:38.250Z
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RoundTower
<p>In a small-blind/big-blind poker game (I'm thinking of Texas Hold 'em, but I guess this question applies to any similarly structured poker game), how does the structure change when the games gets to the final two players?</p>

<p>So, for four+ players, it's:</p>

<p>[D] [SB] [BB] [UTG]* (pre-flop)</p>

<p>For three players, it's:</p>

<p>[D/UTG] [SB] [BB]</p>

<p>So, for two players, is it:</p>

<p>[D/BB] [SB/UTG]</p>

<p>*
[D] = Dealer<BR>
[SB]=Small Blind<BR>
[BB]=Big Blind<BR>
[UTG] = Under The Gun, i.e. first to act.</p>

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2012-01-23T15:02:17.893Z
Here is another question that asks a similar question: http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/1617/texas-holdem-heads-up-blind-structure
RoToRa
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Your question seems ambiguous. 

 - Is the dealer actually a player, or someone separate?  
 - Is the dealer  fixed at one person, or does deal rotate?
Mawg
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In a two-player Texas Hold'Em poker hand with blinds, which player posts the small blind?
gkrogers
# In a two-player Texas Hold'Em poker hand with blinds, which player posts the small blind?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-23)

In a small-blind/big-blind poker game (I'm thinking of Texas Hold 'em, but I guess this question applies to any similarly structured poker game), how does the structure change when the games gets to the final two players?

So, for four+ players, it's:

[D] [SB] [BB] [UTG]\* (pre-flop)

For three players, it's:

[D/UTG] [SB] [BB]

So, for two players, is it:

[D/BB] [SB/UTG]

\*
[D] = Dealer  
[SB]=Small Blind  
[BB]=Big Blind  
[UTG] = Under The Gun, i.e. first to act.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Here is another question that asks a similar question: http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/1617/texas-holdem-heads-up-blind-structure  
> **username_2**: Your question seems ambiguous.    - Is the dealer actually a player, or someone separate?    - Is the dealer  fixed at one person, or does deal rotate?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-01-23. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

No. Under practically all rules, the dealer posts the small blind and is first to act preflop. After the flop, the other player acts first.

Other rules have occasionally been implemented -- I believe Party Poker used to have this backwards preflop -- but this is almost universal. It is generally thought to lead to a better game with more action, as the small blind has a higher incentive to complete or raise when he has the benefit of acting last postflop.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-01-23. Score: 0

What your post describes, with the dealer posting the big blind, covers how I have always seen this scenario played, between various casinos in Biloxi, MS, USA and local games in Nashville TN and Atlanta GA.


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