Dead Money

Created by daven on July 23, 2009

Definition

Dead money is money in a pot that was put there by someone who has subsequently dropped out of the hand. Dead Money is also used to refer to a player or players at a table that are so much worse than their peers that their money is effectively dead.

Example

Villain was dead money so I was happy to stack off light against him.

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