In live poker, a permissible form of
collusion between players to avoid paying the
rake or
drop. If the
action folds around to the small
blind, the small and big blinds can decide not to play the hand. The
casino's charge for a hand that does not see the
flop is taken from one of the blinds and the remainders of the blinds are refunded to the two players.
This is usually considered a smart
action to take when it is permitted, even if a player has a
monster hand such as pocket aces, because heads-up pots rarely become large enough to overcome the costs of the
rake that is taken after the
flop.
Example: "I had pocket jacks in the small blind, but nobody bet and I decided to chop the blinds."
Created by
LawDude on 5 Aug, 2009
