This is somewhat off-topic, but your use of the terminology (
raise/
re-raise) is very slightly off, and it could throw someone off if they weren't familiar with the hands you were talking about.
The first bet on a
street is called a "bet." For example, on the
turn in that hand, when he puts in $0.02, that's a bet because it's the first time money is put in on the
street.
If someone raises that, then it's called a "
raise." For example, on the
turn you raised to $0.08. You can think of this as the second bet.
If there's a
raise put in after that, then we
call it a "
re-raise." For example, if instead of calling he was to
raise you to $0.20, that would be a
re-raise. The third, fourth, fifth, etc bets can be called re-raises.
Pre-
flop, the posting of the
big blind is considered the first bet, so let's say you
raise to $0.08 from
early position, that's the second bet and is correctly called a
raise. If it folds around to someone who re-raises you to $0.22, that's the third bet (which is why the first
re-raise before the
flop is called a 3-bet). Then if you were to
re-raise that person to $0.60, that's the fourth bet (which is called a 4-bet), and so on.
Hope that helps!
Originally Posted by spoonitnow
This is somewhat off-topic, but your use of the terminology (raise/re-raise) is very slightly off, and it could throw someone off if they weren't familiar with the hands you were talking about.
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