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Fold (verb: to fold)
Fold refers to the action of opting out of a hand in a game of poker. Actions that can be taken in any poker game are fold, check and raise. The objective of any game of poker is to win the pot and to do so you either need to have the best hand at showdown or get the rest of the players to fold their hand through aggressive play.
In community card games such as Holdem or Omaha, players are dealt two hole cards which are dealt face down and are private to each player. Left of the dealer button, the first tow players will post the small blind and big blind, the automatic bets that need to be posted (to ensure there is incentive for players to get involved in the hand). The player left of the big blind is the first player to act and is said to be under the gun. This player has a number of options, either he choose to stay in the hand by checking, in which he would need to match the value of the big blind or raising the pot. As players have the choice of whether to stay in the hand, they have the option of folding their cards which would mean that their involvement in the hand would end there.
Aggression is an important factor in any game of poker in that a player does not need to have the best hand to take down the pot. A key reason why aggression is a good thing in poker is that every time a player makes a raise or re-raise, they have two chances to win, either by getting the best hand or getting their opponents to fold.
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