Blind (Poker)

The blind is a forced minimum bet at the card game of poker.

A blind (actually the blind; colloquially the Blind ) is a prescribed use, the need to make only certain players. This form is common in the Hold'em Texas Hold'em and Omaha. Only the player left of the dealer indicated by the button ( dealer ) must place a bet, called the small blind, and its left neighbor turn the big blind, usually twice the small blind bet. The size of the blinds remain the same through regular play, at tournaments soar, to take account of the fact that the total number of chips spread over fewer and fewer players. In addition, the maximum time it takes to complete a tournament, thereby limited.

The other players need to make any bets before dealing the first card. You will be inclined weak and mediocre starting hands equal to throw away because they need to top up at least until the big blind to even the flop dabeizusein.

Missed blind

If a player misses it to put the blinds because he is not at the table, the dealer can put him a missed blind button in front of his chips. The player comes back to the table, he can either pay all missed blinds, do not play any hands until he posts the big blind must take or leave the table with all its chips.

Ante and Blinds

Some tournaments such as the World Series of Poker, there are both ante and blinds later in the tournament.

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