What does "stop-and-go" mean?

A combination of moves in which, before the flop is dealt, the player calls on an opponent's raise, and then after the flop is dealt, goes all in, regardless of whether the flop works with their hand.

What is a synonym for "stop-and-go"?

Common synonyms include: stop-start.

Stop-and-go

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

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A combination of moves in which, before the flop is dealt, the player calls on an opponent's raise, and then after the flop is dealt, goes all in, regardless of whether the flop works with their hand.
"They'll also hit you with unexpected check-raises in unlikely situations and maybe even throw stop-and-gos at you from the blind."

Adjective

1
Alternative form of stop-go. alt-of, alternative
"It is obviously very welcome, because it followed a period of 4 years of stop and go economic stagnation, so it does represent a major improvement, but by no means has this been an economic boom so far."

Synonyms

All synonyms

stop-start

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"It is obviously very welcome, because it followed a period of 4 years of stop and go economic stagnation, so it does represent a major improvement, but by no means has this been an economic boom so far."

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