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Live Blinds
The following questions assume
that you are in one of the blind positions.
- If no one else has raised, what poker hands should you raise with from the big blind ?
Only with extremely good hands.
- Should you raise with very good hands against one or two aggressive opponents who have just called ?
No. Your best play usually is to call.
- Why is this your best play ?
Because you can try for a check-raise later.
- Do you have to hit your hand for the check-raise to be correct ?
No, you just need to be fairly sure that the flop did not help anyone.
- If you hold AK in the bigs blind and are called by only one or two players in late position, what should you do ?
Raise.
- When is another time that it is sometimes correct to raise in the big blind ?
When several people have called and you hold a hand like JTs, a5s, or a small poker pair.
- If there is a raise to your right, which hands can you call with in the big blind ?
Only with your better hands.
- What is the problem with calling in this spot ?
Someone on your left may reraise.
- But what if many players are in the pot ?
You should online poker more hands, especially hands that have the potential to make big hands.
- Should you call a raise out of big blind with a hand like 5♣ 4♥?
No.
- Would it be okay if this hand was suited ?
Yes.
- For these calls to be profitable what do you need ?
At least two ways to win.
- What if your cards were higher ?
You might win if you make a pair after the flop.
- When is it correct to call with a small unsuited connecting hand ?
If you are against weak players who will not extract the maximum from you when you flop a draw, but who will frequently pay off if you make something.
- When the pot is raised early, what type of hands demand special
attention ?
Hands like AJ, aT, KJ, and KT.
- Why ?
They can easily make second best hands that you will have to pay off all the way.
- To call with a small pair, how many poker players do you usually need ?
Two.
- Usually reraise with ?
AA or KK.
- What if you are in the big blind and are against a possible steal-raise ?
You can call with hands as weak as those in Group 8.
- What if someone calls in between you and your opponent, or if your opponent plays well ?
Tighten up some; Groups 1-6.
- What about when you are in the little blind and are against a possible steal-raise ?
You can play Groups 1-6, but you should almost always reraise.
- What is the purpose of this reraise ?
To drive the big blind out of the pot.
- What if someone else has already called the raise ?
This play is usually incorrect.
- What if the pot is raised and you are in the little blind ?
If it costs only half a bet to call, still be somewhat selective of the hands you play. If it costs only one-third of a bet, every ranking hand should be played.
- What is the one exception ?
If the big blind is a frequent raiser. Now you must fold more often.
- If no one has raised, the pot is short-handed, you are in the small blind, and the big blind is apt to call your raise, what hands should you raise
with ?
Only your best hands.
- What if the big blind will fold a lot ?
Raise with many more hands.
- What if no one has raised, the pot is multiway, and you are in the small blind?
Only raise with hands that are either very strong or some hands that play poker well multiway.
- What is you are in the small blind, everyone has folded, and the big blind throws away too many hands ?
You should frequently raise.
- An Example ?
Everyone has passed and you hold A♥ 6♦ in the little blind. You should frequently call. However, if the big blind folds a lot, or folds too much on the flop, you should always raise.
- What if you are in the big blind , everyone passes to the little blind, and he raises. What do you need to do ?
You need to call enough so that the player in the little blind does not show an automatic profit.
- But what if you know that the player in the little blind has high raising standards ?
You should fold your weaker hands.