Kill (or kill blind)

This refers to an oversize blind that is normally twice the amount of the big blind and doubling the limit. There are times when games will use a “half-kill” as well. This means to increase the blind and limits by fifty percent.

A kill (or kill blind) is either voluntary or mandatory. An example of a common mandatory kill happens for winning two pots in a row in lowball or other games; it can also be used when scooping a pot in high-low split.

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