To make a bet with a losing hand knowing your opponent will fold.
(1) (of a trick) win with an unusually low card(2) (of a trick) win without losing the lead(3) (of a tempo) gain time needed to perform some other function or deprive the oppponents of such time.(4) (of a contract) make through deception when there was a way to defend successfully. (Also refers to a successful deceptive defense but not usually so applied.)(5) (of an auction) become declarer at a (perhaps surprisingly) low contract when the opponents could profitably have bid higher.
Winning a game in poker by means of bluffing.
When it is checked to someone in late position who raises preflop in Hold 'em, he may be on a steal - raising with a worse-than-usual hand, because of the added possibility of him picking up the blinds uncontested.
a poker term, to win the pot by cheating.
to win the online casino round by bluffing (relevant to poker)
To win the pot strictly on a bluff.
Causing an opponent to fold or raise when you are bluffing
To win the pot on a bluff, usually a player will do this if they are late in the betting order
When someone with a poor hand bets and wins an uncontested pot.
this is where the person playing is bluffing to win the pot.
When a player successfully wins a pot with the worst hand. "Stealing the blinds" refers to a player raising with a marginal hand from late position when no-one has yet entered the pot. This is done in the hope that the two players in the blind position seats will fold.
In poker, to win the pot by bluffing.
bluff in late position, attempting to steal the pot from a table of apparently weak hands.
To bet or raise causing an opponent to fold when you may not hold the best hand.
a poker term for winning the pot by dishonest means (bluffing)
When a player raises aggressively in an attempt to push all other players into folding, thereby winning the pot.
A type of bluff usually made in late position
To bet when it appears that no one else has anything (Steal the Pot). Also, to win a pot by Bluffing.
To bet with a poor hand, in late position (i.e. bluff) in the hopes of taking the pot from presumably weaker hands.
To bet or raise causing an opponent to fold when you might not have the best hand.
A player is said to be trying to steal a pot if he is bluffing. This term is often used in conjunction with the blinds – eg. “he was attempting to steal the blindsâ€.
To win a pot by bluffing your opponents
To act strong when it seems others have nothing, see bluffing also.
This means to bluff late in the hand to try and win the pot by scaring your opponents.
Raising to try and win the blinds preflop. This is often done as a bluff by the player on the button when no one else has bet in the round.
A player may successfully 'steal the pot' by executing a bluff which does not get called. 'Stealing the blinds' refers to a raise pre-flop, usually from the button, purely with the intent of pressuring the players in the 'blinds' to fold, and therefore pick up the pot.
raising in expectation that all other players will fold
To try and win the pot by betting when everyone else has checked, or by making a large raise when everyone else has called.
Raising to win the blinds preflop. Stealing the pot on later betting rounds is the same as a bluff.
when a player takes the ball away from an opponent
In poker, the term steal is often used as merely a synonym for bluff, but there is a more specific use of the term which is also called an "ante steal" or "blind steal" (depending on whether the game being played uses antes or blinds).