The blinds are the least desirable position because a player is forced to contribute to the pot and they must act first on all betting rounds after the flop.

The objective here is twofold: the re-raiser hopes to pick up both the blinds and antes and the original raiser's chips when the raiser folds, and he also hopes to keep that player from constantly raising before she or he can act because that cuts down on the reraiser's own stealing opportunities.

In games played with blinds, players may not check on the opening round because the blinds are live bets and must be called or raised to remain in the hand.

The blinds stay the same throughout the entire sit and go, causing much more skillful play to be rewarded over the long run, as players aren't as forced to play mediocre hands because of big blinds and antes.

Neither did he wish to compare it to philosophy, a discipline he discarded in 1748 because it " darkens the mind, blinds us, and wholly rejects the faith ".

McLuhan says that the conventional pronouncements fail in studying media because they pay attention to and focus on the content, which blinds them to see its actual character, the psychic and social effects.

This is because all JDM headlamps are engineered for use on the left side of the road ; a left-traffic low beam in right-hand traffic blinds oncoming motorists and fails to light the right-side driver's way safely ahead.

Francesca, in the 4th book, is shown to have some feelings toward Oliver but because Oliver's crush on Luna blinds him so, she disregards it and falls in love with Timothy, a boy at the school.

A standard Texas hold ' em game with the blinds

A chip race is an event that takes place in poker tournaments, especially those with an escalating blinds ( such as Texas hold ' em ), in which chips of denominations that are no longer needed ( as the current and upcoming blinds are more easily played with larger chip values ) are removed from play.

Unlike horizontal blinds, vertical blinds are less likely to be damaged in strong winds and to hold dirt, but are more likely to break down.

A second " after the draw " betting round occurs beginning with the player to the dealer's left or else beginning with the player who opened the first round ( the latter is common when antes are used instead of blinds ).

* Timer: If playing a poker tournament, a timer is used to count down periods in which the blinds are at certain levels.

The blinds are forced bets posted by players to the left of the dealer button in flop-style poker games.

In addition to the purpose explained above, blinds are also used to control how long the tournament will last.

There are two main goals for the blinds structure:

Steals are done with hands less valuable than what might normally be considered a raising hand, normally a below average one, with the hope that the few players remaining will not have a hand worth calling the raise, thereby winning the antes or blinds without further action.

Student rooms are exceptionally light ( Venetian blinds integrated into the window provide privacy but do not shut out light ) and quite spacious, with Jacobsen's furniture holding up remarkably well, while the many office rooms are furnished to individual tastes, from modern white furniture to overstuffed sofas.

While blinds, antes, or bring-ins are fixed, players are free to bet as much as they wish, even early in a round of betting.

Neo and Trinity are ambushed by the stowaway Bane / Smith, who blinds Neo, but is killed when Neo discovers an ability to ' see ' programs and Machines independently of his eyesight.

Real wood blinds are often made from this lightweight but strong and stable wood, which is well suited to natural and stained finishes.

Greater Scaup are hunted from shorelines and in open water hunting blinds or layout boats, low-profile kayak-like boats that hunters lie inside.

Many exhibits are " natural " with invisible wires and darkened blinds ( to view birds ), and pools and open-air moats ( for large mammals ).

One aspect of a façade which Mies disliked, was the disordered irregularity when window blinds are drawn.

There are lots of special food in Jiangyin, for example: Black Du wine, puffer fish, anchovy, saury, saury ravioli, chestnut cakes, Shengang blinds, Shengang braised pork balls, Qingyang water mutton, Vasco soy sauce, five elements of tea, drag stove cake, the Yangtze River shrimp, Gushan shepherd's-purse fired cake, Gushan red beans, red noodles, Xishiqiao residue cake, crab roe dumplings, bridge eel.

Other airlines are limited on what points they can implement based on local laws, such as Ryanair cannot remove window blinds from its aircraft as they are required to be fitted by the Irish Aviation Authority.

Bayon style architectural features built-in are the " balustered false windows with lowered blinds and devatas with headdresses in the form of small flaming discs set in a triangle.

The blinded screens are just above these small curtains, and they have special blinds made from bamboo so that the audience cannot see inside.

There are many different kinds of window blinds, using different systems and materials.

Poker without blinds is usually played with everyone posting an ante to receive cards.

A steal is normally either an " ante steal " or " blind steal " ( depending on whether the game being played uses antes or blinds ).

The stakes of each round, as well as blinds, bring-ins, and antes as appropriate per game, typically escalate according either to the time elapsed or the number of hands played.

* Another young man ( Nukui, played by Tsutomu Takeshige ) is obsessed with the pop-star Haruna ( played by Kyoko Fukada ); he blinds himself when she is involved in a disfiguring car accident.

Riviera blinds Hideo, but flees when he learns that the ninja is just as adept without his sight due to extensive practice while blindfolded.

It is possible to play without blinds.

Most televised high stakes cash games also use both blinds and antes.

Unlike cash games, standard sit and go tournaments increase the blinds and antes every 15 minutes or so in equal intervals.

Many window blinds are made with slats of fabric, wood, plastic, or metal that adjust by rotating from an open position to a closed position by allowing slats to overlap.

Controls for motorized blinds can be from a wall switch or keypad, remote control, or a personal computer, eliminating the need for cords and allowing control of otherwise inaccessible windows.

Then, he sharpens a tree branch into a stake and blinds the cyclops, allowing them to escape by hiding under sheep skins when he removes the heavy stone door.

Because players act in clockwise order, a player " has position " on opponents seated to his right, except when the opponent has the button and certain cases in the first betting round of games with blinds.

Examples of dead money include money contributed to the pot by players who have folded, a dead blind posted by a player returning to a game after missing blinds, or an odd chip left in the pot from a previous deal.

If a player does not have sufficient money to cover the ante and blinds due, that player is automatically all-in for the coming hand.

If a player is all in for part of the ante, or the exact amount of the ante, an equal amount of every other player's ante is placed in the main pot, with any remaining fraction of the ante and all blinds and further bets in the side pot.

( This solution is not necessary in games with blinds, in which case the odd chip between high and low is awarded to the high hand, and the odd chip between a split high or split low is awarded to the first player following the dealer button.

The player races off — Samantha calls the player to inform him about the party — only to be ambushed by a mysterious driver in a black Hummer H2, who blinds the player with his headlights, then totals the player's R34, and the flashback fades out.

The player must manage the ability ; using it in brightly lit areas blinds Riddick temporarily.