Quoted: Man I hate Texas Holdem
I've been watching poker after dark... It's pretty entertaining... but I still have no idea what blinds are or the button... |
I can't tell if you're being serious, but I'll take a shot anyway.
The "button" is simply the dealer position which, since it gives you an advantage, is passed clockwise around the table after each hand (ie. one hand I'm on the button, the next hand the guy on my left is on the button and so on).
It's the position that is last to act in the round of betting after the flop, so that's why it gives a player an advantage.
The blinds are simply an anti that is money put into the pot by the first two players to the left of the button. You'll hear games refered to as $5/$10 or $100/$200 or whatever.
That's small blind / big blind, small blind being the first position to the left of the button, and the big blind being the 2nd position to the left of the dealer.
For the $5/$10 game, the small blind puts $5 into the pot before the cards are dealt and the big blind puts $10 into the pot before the cards are dealt.
The position to the left of the big blind is first to act (under the gun) when the cards are first dealt and the betting begins.
I just re-read all that and I bet you know less about it now than when you first started reading my post.
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