Open-raise

Being the first player to raise preflop, after everyone before you has folded.

Example

Everyone folds to you on the button and you raise to 6: you open.

Also written: open, opens, opened, open raise, opening raise, open-raising, open-raises.

Related

• limp Just calling the big blind preflop instead of raising.
• 3-bet The first re-raise.

Practise it in 5 minutes Where they raised from, a short free lesson.

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