The community cards that everyone uses in combination with their pocket cards to form the best hand. If you are one of the blinds, you are sitting either immediately to the left of the dealer button (small blind position) or one position farther left (big blind). The generic term for either the big blind or the small blind. It's a called a blind because it amounts to placing a bet without seeing the cards first. It is equivalent to one complete first round bet. Like an ante, it is a posted amount that makes the pot worth playing for before the action begins. The amount of chips the second player to the left of the dealer has to bet. The turn was a 4, and then - Can you believe it? - the river was a 5!' For example: 'I had ace-king, and my opponent had 2-3. These are often boring tales you already know the end of. When a player who initially had a substantial statistical lead over an opponent loses his hand to that opponent after the flop, turn, or river.Ī retelling or recollection of a bad beat. For example, if there's one heart on the board and you have two in your hand and two more hearts show up on the turn and river, you've hit a 'backdoor' flush. Hitting your needed cards on the turn and the river to make your hand. Antes give the pot a value right off the bat.Ī bet that places all of a player's chips into the pot. An ante is similar to a blind, but everyone has to contribute it before a hand commences. (3) Used to describe a game in which there is a lot of betting and raising.Ī small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt.

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