Bomb Pot

In a bomb pot, all players post an ante pre-flop, and there is no pre-flop betting. Instead, the three-card flop is dealt and action commences with the player to the left of the button. The minimum bet size is the size of the ante. Otherwise, play is as normal. A dealer button is still used and rotated around the table to determine the player that will be first to act on each betting round.

Bomb pots are common in no-limit Texas Hold’em and Omaha games. A bomb pot NLHE tournament was played at BARGE 2021.

Bomb pots are common in cash games, but the details vary from room to room.