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Bomb pots

In a bomb pot hand every player puts an agreed amount into the pot before the flop. There is no betting before the flop, everyone sees it, and the hand starts there.

What changes

• Everyone is in the hand, so the flop meets every kind of holding. Ranges are as wide as they get.
• The pot is big compared with the stacks from the first bet. A good hand on the flop is worth more, because there is more to win and less behind to protect.
• Top pair is often good enough to bet, and a draw to the best hand is worth more than in a normal hand.
• With many players, someone has hit the board. Bet your strong hands for value and slow down with the weak ones.

Bomb pots at WePlay

WePlay runs eight-handed bomb pot tables from $0.10/$0.20 to $1/$2. The table names carry the tag 3BB, and the table rules in the lobby say how often a bomb pot comes round and how big it is. On a busy evening these tables were full or one seat short at every stake we saw, and the $1/$2 table averaged pots of about $85. The full list is on WePlay cash games.

Bankroll

Bomb pots put more money in play per hand, so the swings are bigger than at a normal table of the same stake. Keep a few more buy-ins for them, as you would for Omaha.

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