Champion of Poker

Hi,

I once heard stuff about Reserved and Kill Buttons. Also, I have even seen them for sale along with small and big blinds buttons. I’m wondering if what is their purpose or use.

Hope you can help me.

Thanks!

Regards,
Julie Armstrong
Julie,

A reserved button is used to hold a seat for a player that is either buy-in into a game.

In certain games, if a pot goes above a certain amount, the next hand is played at doubled the limits. This is known as a kill. The player that won the pot that forced the hand to be a kill hand, wins the kill button and must post the small bet portion of the kill round. For instance, in a 2-4 game with a kill, the kill hand must be played at 4-8 and the kill button must post $4. Also there are also ½ kills. In a 2-4 game, the kill hand is 3-6 and the player with the kill button must post $3.