In order to compensate for these costs, the players get tempted to enter into pots and try and recover. These types of blinds exist in poker to bring in some cost for players to take part in the game. The player who is seated immediately next to the small blind player on the table has to place the big blind. Once the cards are dealt by the dealer, the player seated immediately left to the dealer (having the poker button or dealer button) has to place the ‘small blind’. In general, there are two blinds (small and big), but there can be zero blinds as well as three blinds. And this is where forced bets in the form of blinds in poker play a big role.Ī blind in poker is an amount of money that certain players are forced to put into the pot before the actual round of betting begins. But, is poker played this way? Not at all.

This would make the game pretty boring as players would play only when they get really good hands, and things will become pretty obvious taking away the uncertainty element. In fact, that’s the case with most poker players – unless there is something to gain, they won’t be willing to take a chance.

Why do you play a game of poker? To win and get s ome money, right? If you don’t have any money in the pot, will you continue to play even if you have not got a very strong hand? The chances are pretty less.