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[QUOTE="NootNoot, post: 6994324, member: 1031651"]
The actual mechanics of the game. I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but TV and movie depictions of the game in my country almost always got it wrong. I didn't know any better either growing up as that was my only exposure to the game. I'm sure it influenced how people think you can play.

They'd always show string bets  with the characters saying something like - "I'll see your 100 and raise you 300".

Then they'd have situations where the characters could just keep rasing the stakes over and over, betting things that weren't in play at the table. Someone would pull out a fat wad of banknotes from their pocket in the middle of a hand  and put in a huge raise, then their opponent would gamble their car, another would gamble away a house or a business, lol.

There was never any concept of alll-in and the players would have to find more and more to gamble away or lose what they'd put in the pot already. If you could actually do  that then the richest player in terms of resources would win all the time! Your house, car and business is worth more than anything the other players at the table have?  Throw them in the pot every hand and all your opponents would have to fold because they can't match it.
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