{"id":2532380,"date":"2024-06-25T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2532380"},"modified":"2024-09-28T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:14:05","slug":"check","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/check\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Definition \u2013 Learn What A Check Is In Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Checking is one of the main actions you can use in poker. When you check, you pass on the action to the next player without adding anything to the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This play is only available when no other <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/bet\/\" title=\"Bet Definition \u2013 Learn What Is A Bet In Poker\">bets<\/a> are active in the current betting round. If anyone else bets, you can&#8217;t check but will instead have to fold, call, or <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/raise\/\" title=\"Raise Definition \u2013 Learn What A Raise Is In Poker\">raise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, let&#8217;s say you are sitting in the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/big-blind\/\" title=\"Big Blind Definition \u2013 Learn What Is A Big Blind In Poker\">BB<\/a> and call a raise from the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/button\/\" title=\"Button Definition \u2013 Learn What A Button Is In Poker\">BTN<\/a> before the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/flop\/\" title=\"Flop Definition \u2013 Learn What A Flop Is In Poker\">flop<\/a>. You will be the first player to act after the flop comes, so you have the option to check or bet, and in this scenario, you probably should be checking your entire <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/ranges-in-poker\/\" title=\"Ranges in Poker \u2013 Analyze Your Hands Like a Pro\">range<\/a>. When you check, you pass the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/option\/\" title=\"Option Definition \u2013 Learn What Is an Option in Poker\">option<\/a> to the original raise, who can also check and see the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/turn\/\" title=\"Turn Definition \u2013 Learn What A Turn Is In Poker\">Turn<\/a> card or bet, in which case the actions come back to you, and you can decide whether you want to fold, call, or raise that bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/\">All Poker Terms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/tournament-masterclass\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png\" alt=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png 1176w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-746x143.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" width=\"1176\" height=\"226\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checking is one of the main actions you can use in poker. When you check, you pass on the action to the next player without adding anything to the pot. This play is only available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"parent":2532079,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2532380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"author_image":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tadas Peckaitis","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/tadas-peckaitisgmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Checking is one of the main actions you can use in poker. 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