{"id":2535385,"date":"2024-09-21T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2535385"},"modified":"2024-09-29T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T13:13:40","slug":"family-pot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/family-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Pot Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Family Pot in Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A family pot is a pot that sees multiple players at the table going to the flop. In the strictest of sense, a real family pot is the one where all players pay to see the flop, but the expression is commonly used to describe pots where five or six out of nine players get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you raise from <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/under-the-gun\/\" title=\"Under The Gun Definition \u2013 Learn What Under The Gun Means In Poker\">under the gun<\/a>, and the player next to you <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/call\/\" title=\"Call \u2013 Learn What Is a Call in Poker\">calls<\/a>. The next player to act <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/fold\/\" title=\"Fold Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Fold in Poker\">folds<\/a>, and then three more players call. It folds to the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/big-blind\/\" title=\"Big Blind Definition \u2013 Learn What Is A Big Blind In Poker\">big blind<\/a>, who throws in the calling chips, announcing: we have ourselves a <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/multiway\/\" title=\"Multiway Definition \u2013 Learn What Is Multiway in Poker\">multiway<\/a> pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a friendly-sounding name, family pots can be hard to navigate and can lead to some very tricky situations. <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/ranges-in-poker\/\" title=\"Ranges in Poker \u2013 Analyze Your Hands Like a Pro\">Ranges<\/a> in these situations are wide and not very well defined, so players sometimes wake up with the strangest of <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-hands\/\" title=\"Poker Hand Rankings &amp; The Best Texas Hold\u2019em Hands\">hands<\/a>.<\/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>A family pot is a pot that sees multiple players at the table going to the flop. 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