Live Blind ( poker )
1) In double-limit draw (usually lowball) games, or almost any hold 'em or
Omaha game,
a blind that can be raised even when the opening bet is not a raise. For example,
in a 2-4 draw game,
the player to the dealer's left puts $2 in the pot before receiving his cards,
while in a 2-4 hold 'em or Omaha game,
the player to the left of the dealer puts in $1 and the player to his left
puts in $2.
The first player to open in a draw game usually opens for $4, and in the hold
'em and Omaha games sometimes does,
that is, by raising, but not always. In a live blind game, if the pot is opened
for $2 and no one raises, when the action returns
to the $2 blind, he has the option of raising.
2) A blind a player gets to keep when he wins a pot, because
the next pot will be blinded by someone other than the winner of the present
pot. Examples of live
blinds are those in a traveling blind game, or those in a game in which each
player must blind the
pot at least once within a specified period of time.