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Betting Stakes
Betting stakes are the limits of all bets and raises allowed in a game.
Bicycle or Bike
A bicycle, or bike, is the lowest possible hand in lowball and high-low poker: A-2-3-4-5.
Big Bet
A big bet is the larger bet size in a fixed-limit game, used on the later streets.
Big Bet Game
A big bet game is a poker game played with a pot-limit or no-limit betting structure.
Big Blind (BB)
The big blind is the larger of the two forced bets posted before the cards are dealt.
Big Blind Ante
A big blind ante is a way of collecting antes in which the big blind pays the ante for the whole table.
Big Blind Special
A big blind special is a hand won by the big blind with very weak cards because nobody raised before the flop.
Big Bobtail
A big bobtail is a four-card open-ended straight flush, a nonstandard hand valued in some home games.
Big Dog
Big dog means an underdog, and in some home games a nonstandard hand of nine to ace with no pair.
Big Pair
A big pair is a pair of high cards, such as aces, kings, queens or jacks.
Big Slick
Big Slick is a nickname for Ace-King in hold'em.
Big Tiger
A big tiger is a nonstandard hand of eight to king with no pair, played in some home games.
Bink
To bink is to hit the card you needed, often with the sense of getting lucky.
Black Friday
Black Friday is April 15, 2011, when US authorities charged the largest online poker companies serving American players.
Blank
A blank is a community card that appears to change nothing for the players in the hand.
Blaze
A blaze is a hand of five face cards, which counts as a special hand in some home games.
Bleed
Bleed means to win or lose money steadily in small amounts.
Blind
A blind is a forced bet posted before the cards are dealt.
Blind Bet
A blind bet is a mandatory bet made before the cards are dealt.
Blind Defense
Blind defense is calling or re-raising an opponent's preflop raise from the small or big blind.
Blind Raise
A blind raise is a forced raise in a game in which the player left of the dealer puts in one chip and the next player puts in two.
Blind Robber
A blind robber is a player who steals the blinds by raising with a weak hand.
Blind Steal
A blind steal is an opening raise, usually from late position and often with a weak hand, to win the blinds.
Blistering
Blistering is a cheating technique of marking cards with a fingernail or another device.
Block Bet
A block bet is a small bet from an out-of-position player meant to stop a bigger bet.
Blocker
A blocker is a card you hold that makes it harder for an opponent to have a certain hand.
Blocking Bet
A blocking bet is a small bet made out of position to discourage a larger bet.
Blow Back
To blow back is to lose most or all of the money you have won.
Bluff
A bluff is a bet or raise made with a hand you expect to be weaker, to make better hands fold.
Bluff Catcher
A bluff catcher is a hand that can win only if the opponent is bluffing.
Board
The board is the set of community cards dealt face up on the table.
Board Coverage
Board coverage describes how well a range of hands connects with the possible flops, turns and rivers.
Boardcards
Boardcards are the cards dealt face up for all players to see.
Boat
A boat is another name for a full house.
Bobtail Straight
A bobtail straight is a four-card straight draw, or in some home games a hand of four cards to a straight.
Bomb Pot
A bomb pot is a hand in which every player antes the same amount and the flop comes immediately, with no preflop betting.
Boss
The boss is the strongest hand at a given stage of betting.
Bot
A bot is software that plays online poker automatically.
Bottom End
The bottom end is the lowest of several possible straights, especially in community card games.
Bottom Pair
Bottom pair is a pair made with the lowest card on the board.