What happens when you choose “Sit Out” at a poker room?

You’ve probably noticed the option to “sit out” during a poker game, but aren’t exactly sure what that means. It’s different for both tournaments and cash games.

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In cash games when you are playing and you “sit out” it is basically you saying that you aren’t at the table, but you want your seat held. You won’t pay any antes or blinds, and so you can go and have a smoke or go to the bathroom or do whatever you need to do. When you come back you can choose to sit back in, and then can either wait for the blinds to hit you or pay a double blind to play the next hand.

Of course you can’t sit out forever – usually a table will give you a certain amount of time, ie: 10 minutes or 10 hands from the time that you sat out, and then you will be removed from the table and someone else will take your spot.

Tournaments work the same way except you cannot be kicked off a table – you will still have to pay blinds or antes, but you can sit out for as long as you want.

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