Backraise
A backraise usually occurs when a player makes a small raise, rather a re-raise, to avoid large raises in the future. This is particularly true in cases where the number of raises allowed in a betting interval is limited.
A backraise is a common practice in home games, where the rules like, a raise has to be equal in size to the previous raise or bet, is not applicable. Another way to describe a backraise is, when a player who has been limped previously, re-raises in the same betting round itself, the player is said to have backraised.
A player who has been called, usually plays a backraise, which is just a re-raise, that is only played after a call. Many players employ this method of backraising, using small pairs.
For example, if suppose Player A bets, following which Player B calls. Player C now raises, and then Player A calls. Now when Player B raises, he is actually making a backraise. This is because Player B actually called the first raise, and then went on to re-raise Player C’s raise.
A backraise is a limp-raise, when for example in a game with blinds, a player re-raises after limping, which actually is calling the blinds.
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