To raise the bet by at least its total value after having waived the right to initiate betting in the round.
a strong play alone, but back-back check raises is very strong
the act of checking a hand, in hopes of luring your opponent to bet, so that you may then raise over him and build a bigger pot to win.
When a player has intention to raise but he first check's his hand hoping that his opponent(s) will raise and then he will re-raise.
A ploy to act as if you have a weak hand, in the hopes that another player will bet so that you may Raise, and up the pot with a second hand of betting. This is an effective play in a limit game, to raise the pot by capping the bet.
when you check, someone else bets behind you, and then you raise when the action gets back to you. " I checkraised him on the flop with my top pair."
To pass on a chance to bet, but when it comes back to you in the same round, you raise the pot; a trapping move meant to show weakness at the start, but you risk missing a round of betting if everyone else checks.
To check initially, then raise when a bet has been made back to you.
To check with the intention of raising your opponent's bet. This is a technique used to get more money into the pot (two bets instead of one), and is more effective at Limit Poker than at No Limit
When a player checks and then raises when the action gets back to you. In order for this to happen you must have someone bet after you.
This refers to when a player checks but intends to raise anyone who bets. Usually, this player will have an excellent hand. He is trying to trap his opponents by initially pretending to have a weak hand.
Passing the option of betting to another player in the hopes that they will make a bet so that you can raise their bet.
to bet no amount, wait for a player to bet and then to raise over the top of them
Forfeiting your right to bet, but raising the bet if another player places a bet
To check and subsequently raise in the same round of betting when an opponent bets.
To check, hoping another player will bet and then raise when the action gets around the table again. This technique is often used to trap opponents.
To check and then raise a bet in the same betting round.
To check and then raise when a player behind you bets. Occasionally you will hear people say this is not fair or ethical poker. Piffle. Almost all casinos permit check-raising, and it is an important poker tactic. It is particularly useful in low-limit hold'em where you need extra strength to narrow the field if you have the best hand.
To check, indicating weakness, with the intention of raising after someone else bets. Check-raises are allowed in all casino poker games; in some home games, they are frowned upon.
To check and raise in a betting round.
To waive the right to bet until a bet has been made by an opponent, and then to increase the bet by at least an equal amount when it is your turn to act.
to check and then to re-raise the bet.
originally checking but then raising in the same betting round when the action returns. Often indicates a powerful hand
To check with the intention of raising your opponent's bet, strategy employed to trap an opponent. This is a technique used to get more money into the pot, or win the hand making the other player to fold. A player will check when the action comes to him, hoping to provoke a bet from his opponent. If his opponent makes a bet, upon the action returning to him, the player will raise the opponents bet.
To check and then raise on a betting round after a player behind you makes the opening bet.
To check, and then raise when a player bets behind you. A strategic move to try and get more money in the pot.
The act of calling, then re-raising a raise.
When a player initially checks but then raises after another player makes a bet. This is usually an indication of a strong hand.
to raise another player's bet after initially checking (see raise).
Usually a strategic move, where a player checks initially within a betting round, then raises a subsequent bet.
To check first indicating weakness, then to raise after someone else has put a bet into the pot.
Initially checking in a betting round and then raising a bet that is subsequently made.
When a player initially checks and then raises in the same betting round
A classic Holdem move. A player checks initially to induce his opponent to bet, and then raises him.
When a player first ‘Checks' and then raises when another player acting behind then bets.
When a player checks and then raises after another player bets in later position. also Sandbag.
Quite possibly one of the scariest plays in poker. A player "checks" the hand, to see what his opponents play will be, but has every intention of re-raising if his opponent raises him. This is a technique used to get more money into the pot and an effective play in a limit game.
To check in the hope that another player will bet, to then present you with an opportunity to raise and get more chips into the pot. Players who make this play are often indicating that they have a strong hand.
This is the practice of checking with the intention of raising another opponents bet, often done with a very strong hand and with a weak hand to appear strong.
To check and then raise after an opponent bets.
A check-raise is just what it sounds like -- a raise after you have already checked within a betting round. Check-raises can be used to trap a player who (for example) would have folded to a single bet, but who will open if it is checked to them.
Often called “check and raise.†Simply checking, in hopes that someone will bet and you can then raise that bet when the action comes back around to you. Check and raise is an excellent tactic to build a pot, but should only be used when you know someone else will make a bet.
To check and then raise when another player bets. This is usually performed by a player with a strong hand, with the intention of getting the pot big.
The act of checking and then raising after an opponent bets. A ploy more often used during internet play than offline play.
When a player first 'Checks' and then raises when another player acting behind has bet.
When a player first Checks and then Raises in a Betting Round.
To check at the beginning of a betting round and then raise when a player to your left bets.
The act of checking, then re-raising a bet.
Checking, and then raising on the same round.
When you first Check (often with a good hand) and then, when someone bets and it returns to you, you Raise. Used to trap players who otherwise probably would have Folded if you had initially bet.
To check initially and then raise an opponent who has bet behind you.
A check-raise in poker is a common deceptive play in which a player checks early in a betting round, hoping someone else will open. The player who checked then raises in the same round.