Blocker

A card you hold that makes some of their hands less likely, because that card cannot be in their hand too.

Example

You hold the A♠ on a board with three spades, so they cannot have the nut flush.

Also written: blockers, card removal, blocking.

Related

• combo One exact pair of hole cards. Each two-rank hand like Ace-King has 16 combos; each pocket pair has 6.
• nuts The best possible hand on this board right now.

Practise it in 5 minutes Count the combos, a short free lesson.

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