Poker Glossary
Dry Board
A disconnected, unsuited board offering few or no draws — the textbook example is K-7-2 rainbow. Hand values are static here: whoever is ahead now is usually still ahead at the river, so small bets do the whole job and big bets represent a narrow, polarized range. Dry boards favor the preflop raiser, whose range contains more of the high cards these textures hold.
At the table
Flop K♦7♣2♠. There is nothing to charge — a one-third-pot continuation bet accomplishes everything a big bet would, at a third of the price.
House note
← Full glossary — all 52 termsOn dry boards the bluffs get braver, because “he could be drawing” stops being a defense.
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