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Texas Hold 'Em - Play the big blinds

How to avoid throwing too much money on big and small blinds at the start of the hand. Former expert poker InsideEdge, the late Andrew Researcher Glazer, lets look at things in this article.

Blinds in hold'em serve the same purpose as antes in games stud: they induce a player to invest money into the pot and / or attack. Without any bets at the beginning of the game, intelligent player would not be hired to make the first bet, even with very good hand. If everyone else folds, he will not win anything. No blinds or antes, just ask first bet tone and the other players could safely respond if they are not strong.

By forcing the player to the left of the dealer to make small blind (small blind SB), and the player left to pay the big blind (Big Blind, BB - usually double greater than the small bet

blind), hold'em becomes much more interesting and action. Each hand begins as a battle of the blinds and the moment the battle begins, the pot begins to swell, and thus causes players to play. Low-stakes games rarely end with the first raise, in games with high rates, especially the tables in tournaments with rates without limit , the first raise often and the last.

Although the blinds are similar to antes, they function quite differently. Antes are 'money thrown to the wind'. Anteing just lets you get a card , you still must make a bet to play.

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If you do one of the blinds, however, your money counts as a bet (it's a bet). If you do the big blind and nobody else, you win the hand. You will not earn much - only the player with the small blind (a bet which is usually half less than great, though it may be one-third to two thirds the size of the stake). While any win is good in itself, often the fact that blind bet is recorded as causing other players to get into the game much easier because you start the game with lower rates.

Proper game with the blinds: how to get the best of a bad situation

When, why and how you should play when you discount is a topic that is often misunderstood. Let's start with the basic principle in the right game with blinds ... ...

Some situations are frankly a waste of money and rates, which make the blinds fall into this category. If I had to make big blinds every hand, you was in the bag: you are asked to enter the game early (bad), and money before you see your cards (also bad). Eventually, you will lose money in the Hand in which you are required to make blinds - not always, of course, but in general. The goal is to lose as little as possible to end up ultimately taking advantage of the better situations such as those in which others lay before you.

Let's start with an example of the blind. You made big blind worth 30 in a game of no-limit hold'em; neighbor right has a small blind of $ 15. All others are refused, but the player with the button, who bet a total of 90 (ie 60 raise). The small blind folds, and now you must decide. Do you stay in the hand or let the player with the button to win 45?

Understand the risks
If you have a decent hand (more on that later) will have to decide what is the ratio of underwriting likely to win and to do this, you must decide whether they will attempt to win the pot by calling and to winning on the flop-a, or by raising and trying to win immediately.

Uploads will cost you 60 plus the amount you raise. Let's say you raise with a 180 or a total bet of 240. It is important to understand what you're uploading to win: you're trying to win only 135. Some people mistakenly think 'When I call, my upload gives me a 195' (in other words, thinking that 180 raise can win 195). But this logic is flawed, the floor is 195, only after you call. Stake Your 240 to win money in the pot, and it was only 135 can do it!

There is a huge difference between risking 180 to win 195 and risking 240 to win 135. In the first case (with just these bets) is required to earn even 50% of cases to make a profit. In the latter case, you must earn in 64% of the situations you have to zero (actually slightly more than that because it pays a commission).

Maths-other when trying to win by a pledge and make a decision in flop-a. The occasional call of 60 will not win the pot. All calling, give you the right to play again at a later stage and this will mean risking more money then. If the cards in the flop-a are favorable enough, not much of a risk: if the cards in the flop-a are not favorable, you may lose money and ultimately, the only thing you win is the ability to lose more.

The occasional call of 60 creates a 195. If you assume that it will chase the floor only good cards in flop-a (thinking of the best players is a bit more complicated in these situations), you can call, a purely mathematical standpoint, if the flop-off is favorable for you 30.8% of the time (60 divided by 195). Whether the decision whether to play in flop-a is easier or more difficult than it depends somewhat on your hand, and to some extent on how easy or difficult it is to outplay your opponents in the flop-a. In deciding important is how you win when changing map in flop-a and remember much more difficult to get good money if you are looking for a new position - and you do just that when you sign a new pledge after pledge blind.

To protect their blinds is not easy, regardless of how the game will be developed later

Similarly, if you drop a good flop, that does not mean that you will win one bet. You'll need to venture out and see the turn card and make a second bet. In limit poker, the player who gets, you do not have too much press, but you also. Most likely you will need to attack twice and leaving the position every time.

Consequently, even if it seems relatively easy to defend the blinds in limit poker - before the deal is completed, in fact protection for limit poker is often as difficult as in poker, no limit or cap on the floor. Just trouble of another kind. To play a hand in the position of the player, the blind, in flop-a (if it comes down), turn-a and river-a, puts you in a disadvantage. In each round of betting, you must bet first. Your opponent has more information from you when it is time to act and this is very bad news.

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In limit poker, usually much easier to defend the blinds, because odds are usually better. The player with the button can not raise as much, so you are not very serious situation from the outset. The problems in analyzing the protection of the blinds in limit poker does not stop there. Much harder to win the pot with a re-raise, because the amount you're re-raising is not enough to knock that is uploaded after the player with the button. Even if he was stealing, he'll usually bet and look at a flop-.

Position is everything
Suppose you call and make a change in the arm in flop-a. Do you gamble? If so, your opponent will have more advantage and opportunities. If his hand can be completed in a flop-it should be denied and you will earn money in early. If it also shifts card in flop-a, he can raise. What are the possibilities in this case? Do you call a raise? The problem becomes more troublesome in turn-a. You bet the flop-a, but your opponent does not give up. If the card in turn-a does not help to reinforce their positions, what are you doing? You bet again, hoping to scare their opponents? Do you show weakness by checking? To Play a hand when you are in a disadvantaged position, it is often more difficult than some think.

And what is worse - when you win, you win a lot less than you earn, if you were the last player to act, rather than the first.

Because the position problem, many players far too often to defend their blinds. They know they already have some money and getting a 'discount' on their bet, but fail to think about the hand in perspective. They can get discount, but they are getting for damaged goods. Efforts to show that you should not joke when you're in the position of the blind, can cost you dearly. Most players will earn much more (or lose much less) if you do not defend too much their blinds.

As good poker advice is rarely should not turn into an easy target every time you hold the blind. If you do not defend at least occasionally, you can be sure that you will be attacked at any time and this will cost you more money. The occasional call - or better yet, re-raise - from time to time will show the players in more comfortable positions betting that your blind will not be taken away so easily.