Clicking It Back
Clicking it back is making a minimum re-raise, a phrase from clicking the min-raise button online.
The simple explanation
The phrase comes from online poker, where a button lets you raise by the smallest amount. To click it back means to re-raise the minimum after someone has raised. The original bettor now faces a small increase. When you face a min-raise, don't panic. Check the pot odds, because a small raise gives you a good price.
A closer look
Some players use it for any minimum raise, others only for a minimum re-raise after a bet and a raise. A min-reraise can signal different things: a strong hand that wants to keep opponents in, a hand not strong enough for a larger re-raise, or a balanced play. It gives the original bettor good pot odds to continue. In the online context, the click adds the minimum raise amount automatically.
A practical example
Player A raises to 6 before the flop. Player B clicks it back by raising to 10, the smallest legal re-raise.
Full explanation
Clicking it back is making a minimum re-raise, a phrase from clicking the min-raise button online.
Clicking it back refers to making a minimum re-raise. The expression comes from online poker, where one click on the min-raise button raises by the smallest amount allowed.
For example, a player bets $120 into a $300 pot, and an opponent makes it $240 to go. Some players only use the phrase for a minimum re-raise of the original bettor.
The play keeps the pot smaller than a large re-raise but forces the original bettor to put in more chips to continue. Because the raise is small, the bettor often gets good odds to call.
Whether it shows strength or weakness depends on the player and the situation, so opponents interpret it differently. In live poker the same idea is simply called a min-raise.
Clicking it back
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of spades (As)QQueen of hearts (Qh) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 before the flop.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of spades (As)QQueen of hearts (Qh) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 16 chips
Player B raises to 10, the smallest legal re-raise. Players call this clicking it back.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of spades (As)QQueen of hearts (Qh) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 190 · In this round 10
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.