Glossary of terms used on this site dealing with poker
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| Behind |
1) Losing. 2) With regard to a reference position at the table, acting after (usually immediately after). If the deal is one position to your left, you are behind the deal. If a player is sitting to your left, he acts behind you.
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| Behind a Log |
1) Describing a situation in which a player is far ahead of a game and thus playing only premium hands. 2) (of a poker player) playing conservatively because he is winning and wants to protect his gains.
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| Belly Buster |
A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight.
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| Bet |
To place chips into the pot.
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| Bet Blind |
Make a bet without looking at one's cards.
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| Bet for Value |
Bet a hand with the intention of getting called by one or more lesser hands, as opposed to getting the others to fold. Usually implies betting a hand that has only a slight edge, and one that a conservative player would likely check with. Also value bet. |
| Bet in the Dark |
To announce a bet before cards are dealt or looking at your hand.
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| Bet Into |
To wrest the initiative from a player who bet strongly the previous round, by betting instead of checking.
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| Bet Odds |
The odds you get as a result of evaluating the number of callers to a raise.
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| Bet the Limit |
To bet the maximum amount allowed.
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| Bet the Pot |
To bet an amount of chips approximately equal to the amount of chips in the pot.
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| Betting Stakes |
The dollar limits of all bets and raises permitted.
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| Bicycle or Bike |
1) The lowest possible holding (5,4,3,2,1) in lowball and high-low poker. 2) Ubiquitous design on the back of cards in the USA, produced at the rate of 30,000 a day by the US Playing Card Company; hence "The Bicycle Club" in Bell Gardens, near Los Angeles, California
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| Big Blind |
A designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt. (Players joining a game in progress must post a Big Blind, but may do so from any position.) In World Poker Tour (tournament play) this amount increases after each timed round. |
| Big Bobtail |
An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
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