No raise allowed?

[BlibbityBlabbity]

He actually didn't raise you since it wasn't double the current bet, so as the person who already placed the current bet, you can't re-raise yourself. I believe that the others at the table have the option of "under-raising" (which is an option that popped up at one site once), but you can't since you already bet and were not raised.

[Talking Poker]

Ignoring the numbers for the time being, if there is no raise after your bet, you are not given the option to raise yourself (obviously). So this becomes a question of what is a raise?

I *thought* that in a tourney, a raise was definied as a full bet $15 in this cash), while in a cash game, a raise only needed to be half of a bet ($7.50 in this case). Obviously I'm wrong about this, based on the option you were (not) given.

I wonder if this is site specific and if a different site would have handled the exact same situation differently.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

I thought the standard of "raise" was defined as equal or greater to the last bet??

player 1 bets $10
Player two rasies $20 to $30 total
Player 3 wants to raise... it has to be at least $20 more (to $50+ total).

[Talking Poker]

Correct.... but for an all-in situation, I know there are some situations where half of a legal raise opens the action when it comes around again.

I thought so anyway.

[johnp158]

I'm pretty sure that, in limit, half a bet constitutes a raise in this situation. In NL, however, it needs to be a full raise for you to be able to reraise. Don't quote me on that. I don't have time, but look at cardplayer. There are a couple recent articles dealing with this issue.

[Talking Poker]

That's what it is! Forget my tourney/cash game crap. The difference is limit/no limit.

For me, those kind of go hand in hand, as I usually play NL tourneys and limit cash games.