Re: On the Edge - IX: Define \'Post\'?
More generally the verb "post" applies to any blind payment. For example the following is quoted from the dealer narration from a major online poker room.
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<name omitted> posted small blind ($5)
<name omitted> posted big blind ($10)
[/ QUOTE ]
When you enter or reenter a game you typically have a choice. You can sit out some hands until the BB rotates around to you and then post. Or you can post an extra BB immediately and not miss any hands. That is what cigarette guy was doing in the article. Usually posting on the button is not permitted, so the extra blind will be in the cutoff or later.
It can be a real problem if someone is constantly posting extra blinds on your immediate left because you don't get to be cutoff very often. You have the button on hand N, then on N+1 the button skips over the returning player who posts and you are two off the button. You lose a little money every time this happens. Usually this stuff evens out but if you are constantly getting stuck it hurts.
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