Dead money is a phrase that refers to money involved in a poker game where the owner has no chance of winning it. So the dead money is basically the “free” money that all the other players fight for. I’m playing in the Bodog $500 Freeroll right now, and in the room of nine players, seven of them aren’t seated. As a result, all of their hands are being automatically folded in the face of any bet. As a result, all the blinds that are placed by these missing players are up for the taking between me and the other player.
This “head to head” situation with extra money tossed in is very lucrative, and I sit at the first break with over double the tournament average stack. As I told my opponent… Let’s hope they don’t come back!
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