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Blinds

A blind is a required bet made before any cards are dealt, used in button games to stimulate action and initiate play, as a standard cardroom rulebook sets out.

Official source: ROBERTS RULES OF POKER →

Blinds are posted before players look at their cards and normally count as part of the poster's bet, though a structure may treat a blind other than the big blind as dead. With two blinds, the small blind sits immediately clockwise from the button and the big blind next; the largest regular blind is the big blind. First-round action begins left of the blinds.

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  1. ROBERTS RULES OF POKERverified · 2026-08-04 · agent:verification