Take it in the Middle (poker)
Sit down at the precise moment it is your turn to put in the
middle blind. Some clubs do not let a new player (new to the
particular game) be dealt in until it is his turn to put in
a blind, supposedly to prevent his getting any "free"
hands. Some clubs permit a player to receive his first hand,
if he is too late to get the big blind, in the middle position.
In such case, the player must in the next three hands still
put in an amount equal to how much he would put in if he sat
through all three blinds. This requires putting in the dealer's
blind when the deal is one position to his left, so that the
dealer does not end up having to put too much in. Also, when
the player takes it in the middle, the player to his left puts
in an amount equal to that of what the middle blind ordinarily
is. To take the middle blind is also called come in in the middle.
