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| Back Door | A draw that requires both the turn and river cards to make your hand. Eg. Both cards are diamonds to make your diamond flush. |
| Bad Beat | A hand that loses when an opponent has been very lucky, and often when they should have folded their starting hand. |
| Belly Buster | When a card is required to fill a straight in the middle. Eg. You hold 4-5-7-8. The 6 would be the 'Belly Buster'. |
| Bet | The first chips to be placed in the pot on a specific betting round. |
| Bet the Pot | When a bet is equivalent to the amount already in the pot. If the player is facing a call, the amount of the call counts towards the total value of the pot, which determines the maximum bet in a Pot Limit poker game. Eg, A player facing a call of $10, with the pot at $50, can raise by $60 (therefore putting in a total of $70 = $10 call + $60 raise). |
| Bicycle | The lowest possible straight: A-2-3-4-5. In Omaha Hi/Lo this is a particularly strong hand as it is the best possible low hand and also counts as a high hand with a straight. Also known as 'The Wheel'. |
| Big Bet | The betting increments used on the last two rounds of betting in a fixed limit poker game. Eg, In a $2/$4 fixed limit Holdem game, the big bet is $4, as all bets and raises on the turn and river must be in increments of $4. |
| Big Bet Poker | A term often used to describe Pot limit and No Limit poker. |
| Big Blind | The forced bet that initiates action on the table. This will be placed two seats to the left of the dealer button prior to any cards being dealt. All players who join a game will be asked to post the Big Blind regardless of their table seating, or wait for the Big Blind to come around.(see also Small Blind) |
| Big Slick | A poker hand containing Ace – King as the two hidden (hole) cards in Texas Holdem. |
| Blank | A card that is of no help to a player's hand. |
| Blinds | Compulsory bets made by the two players to the left of the dealer button, which initiates the action in every round of betting, and must be placed before the cards are dealt. If a player misses a blind they will be asked to post the missed blind before they can re-enter the game. |
| Blind Raise | When a player raises without checking his cards. (It is not possible to do this online!) |
| Bluff | To bet with nothing hoping your opponent(s) will fold. Or to bet with no hand but the chance that your hand may improve with later cards to come. |
| Boat | Another name for a full house. |
| Board Cards | The communal cards placed in the centre of the table for all players to see and use. |
| Bottom Pair | When a player's hand makes a pair from the lowest card on the board matching one of their hole cards. |
| Bring-in | The forced bet in the first round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card showing in Seven card stud and Stud 8 or better. In Razz, it is the highest card showing. |
| Bring It In | To start the betting in the first round. |
| Broomcorn's uncle | A player who antes himself out of chips. |
| Bullets | A pair of Aces. |
| Bully | A player who raises continually to try and get others to fold. |
| Bump | A Raise. |
| Button | A small round disk which moves clockwise around the table to indicate the nominal dealer for every hand. The player 'on the button' has the advantage of acting last on each round from the flop onwards. |
| Buy-In | The amount of chips a player sits down at the table with. For a tournament, the buy -in is the cost of entering. |
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