Unless the structure of a game or the situation requires part or all of a particular blind to be dead dead.
Dead blinds poker.
I had big slick but wasn t able to raise before the flop since we were playing with a dead blind and everybody else just called.
As opposed to a live blind.
Experienced players know that these are good spots to attack in the hope of winning the blinds plus the dead blinds uncontested.
The blinds are an integral part of most poker formats.
With two blinds the small blind is posted by the player immediately clockwise from the button and the big blind is posted by the player two positions clockwise.
How to play poker.
Poker buttons and blinds.
The mandatory contribution to the pot made before any cards are dealt under the condition that the player making the wager is not permitted to raise it.
As opposed to a live blind a dead blind is a blind in which the player who posted it doesn t have the option to raise even if every other player simply called.
Blinds are part of a player s bet unless the structure of a game or the situation requires part or all of a particular blind to be dead dead chips are not part of a player s bet.
Poker slang a blind post when a player returns to a game with the small blind amount going into the pot and the big blind amount posted in front of the player.