Beyond making an all-in, bluffing or raisin a bet, you will have to master other basic concepts that will make 9️⃣ you understand more in depth this rich card game and manage much better during the games.

In today's article, you will 9️⃣ learn what fold means in poker and what differentiates this move from others like check. If you want to expand 9️⃣ your poker vocabulary, stay tuned, the information below will interest you.

Fold in poker: meaning and implications during play

Even if you 9️⃣ still don't know what we mean when we talk about fold poker, surely you have opted for this move on 9️⃣ more than one occasion and at different moments of the games.

Imagine the following scenario in the classic Texas Hold'em game: 9️⃣ preflop, you find yourself with a 2-heart and Q clubs. The bets are placed and the flop is reached. The 9️⃣ three community cards reveal 4 spades, 5 spades and 7 hearts, and the preflop bets increase significantly. What do you 9️⃣ do in this situation? You will most likely opt for retirement i.e. fold.