intermediate
Balanced Style
A balanced style avoids predictable patterns by using different actions in similar situations.
Balancing
Balancing means arranging your bets, raises and folds so they do not reveal your hand.
Barrel
A barrel is a bet on one of several streets in a row, usually the flop, turn or river.
Battle of the Blinds
The battle of the blinds is a hand in which everyone folds to the players who posted the blinds.
bb/100
bb/100 is a win rate measured in big blinds won per 100 hands.
Bet Blind
To bet blind is to bet without looking at your cards.
Bet for Value
A bet for value is a bet made hoping a worse hand will call.
Bet in the Dark
A bet in the dark is a bet made before the cards of the next round have been seen.
Bet Into
To bet into a player is to bet after that player bet strongly in the previous round.
Bet Odds
Bet odds compare the chance of winning to the price of continuing.
Bet Sizing
Bet sizing is choosing how much to wager.
Bet the Limit
Bet the limit means making a bet equal to the maximum allowed in the game.
Bet the Pot
Betting the pot means making a bet equal to the current size of the pot.
Betting Pattern
A betting pattern is the sequence, timing and size of a player's bets.
Big Bet Game
A big bet game is a poker game played with a pot-limit or no-limit betting structure.
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.
Black Friday
Black Friday is April 15, 2011, when US authorities charged the largest online poker companies serving American players.
Bleed
Bleed means to win or lose money steadily in small amounts.
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.
Blow Back
To blow back is to lose most or all of the money you have won.
Bluff Catcher
A bluff catcher is a hand that can win only if the opponent is bluffing.
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.
Bot
A bot is software that plays online poker automatically.
Bounty
A bounty is a cash prize paid for eliminating another player in a tournament.
BRM
BRM is short for bankroll management.
Broomcorn’s Uncle
Broomcorn's uncle is a player who antes himself broke.
Bubble
The bubble is the point in a tournament where the next player to be eliminated gets nothing.
Bubble Pressure
Bubble pressure is the pressure a player, especially a short stack, feels when close to the money in a tournament.