The period when you can still enter after the start.
If you enter just before it closes, your stack is shallow relative to the blinds. Example. A starting stack that was 100bb at the first level is 50bb if you enter after the big blind has doubled.
Related terms
- Blind level / Structure (poker)The steps at which the blinds go up, and how they're designed.
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