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.