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raise

raise

4 6.3
An increase in a bet in a card game
  • noun
  • /reɪz/
  • Jargon
translation icon : subida (en póquer)
  • I had 2c-4c on the button and called a raise to $15 from a middle-position player.
  • call a raise
  • make a raise
  • see a raise

Examples

  • During the poker game, she decided to make a bold raise to $50, hoping to intimidate her opponents.

  • When he did his first raise he had nothing.

  • The raise and the call.

  • The next big pot they try to force you out with a raise - you gotta stay with 'em.

  • So we check raise hoping that they fold.

  • I'll see your raise and I'll raise you and be specific.

  • That's a huge raise with the ace-queen.

  • I don't think he would call that raise with just an overpair unless it included a big diamond, hoping for a flush.

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  • After thinking carefully, he announced a raise of $100, challenging the other players to match his bet.

  • In the final hand, a large raise from the experienced player changed the dynamics of the game.

Antonyms

call
  • Jargon
19 6.3

An action matching the current bet to stay in the game

Idioms

15 7.9

Behave loudly and angrily to cause trouble

Hold up a drink with others to celebrate someone or something

Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power

To show surprise or doubt by lifting one eyebrow

Make people feel surprised, shocked, or disapproving because something is unusual

To say that something bad might happen

To complain loudly and make people notice the problem

to raise Cain
  • Informal
1 8.6

To make a noisy public protest

1 8.0

Get very angry and shout loudly

To make someone angry or upset

Help someone feel happier

Lift a small brandy glass to make a toast

Offer a drink in a ceremony to honor someone or a god

8.3

To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger

Lift both arms above your head to show you have won

To reach a very high position, often as a king or queen

9.8

Expect to get something that is very unlikely, for example more pay

How Much

to reraise
  • Jargon
1 7.2
raise
  • Jargon
4 6.3
bet
665 1.4
call
  • Jargon
19 6.3
to check
  • Jargon
4 7.2

Surface Forms

raise singular
raises plural

Etymology

Raise as a noun in gambling comes from the verb meaning 'lift up', so a raise is the act of putting a higher amount into the bet.