Rebuy

Buying more chips in a tournament after losing them (or dropping below a threshold) during the rebuy period, keeping your seat. Older format; most modern events use re-entry instead.

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Re-entry

Buying back into a tournament after being eliminated, as a fresh entry with a new stack, for as long as late r…

Add-on

A one-time option at the end of the rebuy period to buy extra chips regardless of your stack size. Almost alwa…

Big blind ante

A tournament format where, instead of every player posting an ante, the player in the big blind posts one larg…

Bounty

A cash prize paid for knocking a specific player out of a tournament. In a knockout event every player carries…

Bracelet

The gold bracelet awarded to the winner of every World Series of Poker event — the most coveted trophy in the …

Bubble

The point in a tournament just before the payouts begin: the next player eliminated leaves with nothing while …

Bubble factor

A number that expresses how much more losing a pot costs you than winning it gains you, in tournament equity t…

Buy-in

What it costs to enter a tournament, or the amount you bring to a cash-game table. Tournament buy-ins are usua…