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- A marker used to indicate which player serves as the dealer in a given hand.
- The term used to describe the person who serves as the dealer in a hand. For example, if John is the dealer, he would be 'on the button' and also have a marker in front of him called the 'button' to indicate this.
- The player who is last to act if there is a permanent dealer, as one would find in a casino.
- Button Also known as the dealer button, it is a small round disk that is moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand.
- Large variety of different buttons in different sizes used in poker. Dealer, big blind, little blind, missed blind and more.
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Popular Uses
I was on the button, and since everybody had folded pre-flop, I raised to try to steal the blinds, even though I had terrible cards. -Unknown
Origin
Button Poker
In the mid-1800's, in order to prevent cheating, poker players would take turns serving as dealer, as the dealer is the one who has the most opportunity to cheat. A marker was placed in front of the dealer in order to avoid any confusion as to whose turn it was to do the honors. Over the years, small discs became popular as markers and were eventually given the catch-all name, 'button.'
Related Terms
Dealer, Blind
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In button games, a non-playing dealer normally does the actual dealing. A round disk called the button is used to indicate which player has the dealer position. The player with the button is last to receive cards on the initial deal and has the right of last action after the first betting round. The button moves clockwise after a deal ends to rotate the advantage of last action. One or more blind bets are usually used to stimulate action and initiate play. Blinds are posted before the players look at their cards. Blinds are part of a player's bet, unless the structure of a game or the situation requires part or all of a particular blind to be 'dead.' Dead chips are not part of a player's bet. With two blinds, the small blind is posted by the player immediately clockwise from the button, and the big blind is posted by the player two positions clockwise from the button. With more than two blinds, the small blind is normally to the left of the button (not on it). Action is initiated on the first betting round by the first player to the left of the blinds. On all subsequent betting rounds, the action begins with the first active player to the left of the button.