Beyond making an all-in, bluffing or raisin a bet, you will have to master other basic concepts that will make 3️⃣ you understand more in depth this rich card game and manage much better during the games.

In today's article, you will 3️⃣ learn what fold means in poker and what differentiates this move from others like check. If you want to expand 3️⃣ your poker vocabulary, stay tuned, the information below will interest you.

Fold in poker: meaning and implications during play

Even if you 3️⃣ still don't know what we mean when we talk about fold poker, surely you have opted for this move on 3️⃣ more than one occasion and at different moments of the games.

Imagine the following scenario in the classic Texas Hold'em game: 3️⃣ preflop, you find yourself with a 2-heart and Q clubs. The bets are placed and the flop is reached. The 3️⃣ three community cards reveal 4 spades, 5 spades and 7 hearts, and the preflop bets increase significantly. What do you 3️⃣ do in this situation? You will most likely opt for retirement i.e. fold.