The Online Poker Player Resource

Check

If nobody has bet, or if the player has posted a big blind and nobody has raised, the player can still opt to check. This means that you refrain from betting, but you are still in the hand. However, a player can never check if someone else has bet. If somebody bets after a player checks, that player is forced to either call, raise or fold.

Folding

A player always has the option to fold. That means discarding the hand and be out of the game until the next hand is dealt.

Calling

A player has the option to call a bet. That means posting the same amount as was bet by the other player.

Betting

If no player has bet, you have the option of betting yourself. That means posting a bet, thereby forcing the opponents to either call, raise or fold.

Raising

If a player has bet, you have the option to raise him. That means posting a bet that is higher than the player’s bet, forcing him/her to either call, re-raise or fold.