other duties (including brushing off tables to prepare them for new games, hence the name). To recruit players into a game Brunson In Texas Hold'em, when your hole cards are a 10 and a 2 of any suit. Named after Doyle Brunson, who in 1976 and 1977, won the No Limit Hold 'Em event at the World Series of Poker with a ten and a two, in both cases completing a full house. bubble The last finishing position in a poker tournament before entering the payout structure bubble factor The factor by which the odds in chips differ from the odds in dollars. See also main article: expected value. buck Marker to indicate which player is dealer (or last to act). See button. bug A limited wild card. See main article: bug. Compare with wild card. bully A player who raises frequently to force out more cautious players, especially one with a large stack for the size of the game burn card, burn A card that is removed from the deal to prevent cheating. See main article: burn card. busted An uncompleted hand To lose all of one's chips button Most commonly a marker that indicates the dealer position at the table, but other specialized buttons exist. See main article: button. Also buck or hat. buy-in The minimum required amount of chips that must be bought to become involved in a game or tournament buy short To buy into a game for an amount smaller than the normal buy-in buy the button A rule originating in northern California casinos in games played with blinds, in which a new player sitting down with the button to their right (who would normally be required to sit out a hand as the button passed, then post to come in) may choose to pay the amount of both blinds for this one hand (the amount of the large blind playing as a live blind, and the amount of the small blind as dead money), play this hand, and then receive the button on the next hand as if they had been playing all along. See public cardroom rules. A tactic most often used by late-position players: a raise to encourage the later and button players to fold, thus giving the raiser last position in subsequent betting rounds buy the pot Making a bet when no one else is betting so as to force the