Pot bet - please explain

[jolub]

If the bb is 20 and the sm is 10, why when I click the bet pot button is the amount bet 70? I'm betting 40 more, 2x bb, into a 30 pot. I understand the amount but I don't understand why it is what it is 70. Can anyone explain this to me?

[swiggidy]

your "call" of the bb is 20 and makes the pot 50, so then you raise 50

50+20 = 70

[settecba]

a ps bet(raise) in PLHE means your raise is potsized after calling yourself. In your example:
pot is 30, if you call, the pot would be 50, so you RAISE 50, to make a total bet of 70. I dont know if i was clear, hope it helps...

[bigspenda73]

this is why I would never want to deal PLO live.

[jolub]

Simple. Thank you. I've wondered about this for sometime now.

[Erpel]

It's because the first preflop bet is actually a raise - the big blind is the bet. The mechanic is the same for all raises.

A raise has a call portion and a raise portion. If you want to make a pot sized raise the mark of if it is a pot sized raise is the odds you lay for your opponent (2 to 1). The simple way to understand is to say that your raise has a call portion and a bet portion. The call portion matches the bet - then you calculate what total pot that would make - and make your bet portion the same amount.

Pot is 20 - current be is 15. You decide you want to make a pot sized raise. Call portion is 15 making a pot of 50. 50 is a pot sized bet so you raise the current 15 bet 50 up to 65 - you raise to 65. Your opponent has to call 50 (already has 15 in the pot) to win the total pot of 15+20+65 = 100 - given him 2 to 1 odds.

Shortcuts.

Take the bet size multiply by 3 and add the (pre-bet) pot
Take the bet size multiply by 2 and add the (post-bet) pot

15*3+20 = 65 | You raise to 65

[Micro2Macro]

this is why I would never want to deal PLO live.

If you can deal PLO live you could make a fortune playing blackjack

[AFchung]

just know it's 3.5x BB when you hit the pot button and you're set