#74683 - 11/19/04 11:58 AM
Defending one's blinds?
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Hugh C.
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Registered: 09/30/04
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Loc: San Diego, CA
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How do you defend your blinds?
Let's say you're in a SnG with 4-5 players left, medium - short stack and the blinds are up high (1/5-1/6 of your stack) and the huge stack happens to be on the button when you are in the BB. He regularly raises 2xBB if it's folded to him.
I have busted out waiting for decent hands like this, or I will call with hands like A/Jos or K/Q, but if I miss the flop and try to steal and he catches part of the flop I'm usually done. If you fold on the flop, your stack is short and the blinds start coming around fast short-handed.
Is there a certain strategy that you use to defend against this?
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#74684 - 11/19/04 12:12 PM
Re: Defending one's blinds?
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Bruce C.
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Registered: 03/01/04
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Loc: Illinois
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Preemptive strike is the best weapon. Pick a spot where you have something that can make a big hand or be pitched easily if it misses...something like J9, and come back over him. In a shorthanded situation, if your BB matches his button, you will be on the ropes most of the time, with no position, and unless you get one of the premiums, you never know where you stand. So you have to step out a little.
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#74685 - 11/19/04 12:25 PM
Re: Defending one's blinds?
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EZ
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Registered: 08/10/04
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Originally posted by Hugh Chardon:
I have busted out waiting for decent hands like this, or I will call with hands like A/Jos or K/Q, but if I miss the flop and try to steal and he catches part of the flop I'm usually done.
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#74686 - 11/19/04 12:31 PM
Re: Defending one's blinds?
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bilo
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Registered: 11/26/03
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If you are down to 8BB or less, you should either fold or go all-in in that situation. AJo or KQ is more than good enough to push against someone who regularly tries to steal your blind.
Calling is a bad choice, it gives your opponent a free flop and doesn't punish him for the steal attempt. The chip leader would try to steal less, if he knows that you'll push all-in with most playable hands.
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#74687 - 11/19/04 12:55 PM
Re: Defending one's blinds?
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sdunsmb
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Registered: 09/24/04
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Loc: Newcastle/Huddersfield, UK
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Like everyone already said all-in is the obvious move if you've got a hand like A J, and you are too short stacked to play it properly.
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#74688 - 11/19/04 01:39 PM
Re: Defending one's blinds?
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Hugh C.
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Registered: 09/30/04
Posts: 2601
Loc: San Diego, CA
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Originally posted by EZ: Originally posted by Hugh Chardon:
I have busted out waiting for decent hands like this, or I will call with hands like A/Jos or K/Q, but if I miss the flop and try to steal and he catches part of the flop I'm usually done.
What about lesser hands? 9/10, J,4os etc. What do you do if you're getting these hands?
I guess my question is what type of hands to you play back at him with. Would you just use your heads up strategy and go with "Any ace or high face cards"?
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