Re: Does defending BB require a lot of bluffing post-flop?
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usually they say you should fold BB to steal 60% of the time, or defend your BB 40% of the time.
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According to Sklanksky and Malmuth you should defend your BB 40% of the time.
Otherwise the SB will be making a profit by bluffing you off if he bluffs every time.
Looking to find hands to play looks like this.
Play any pair, any Ace, any two cards that are 9 or better, play any suited 1 gap or 2 gap connectors that are not 4-2 or 3-2.
This is approx. 39% of the possible starting hands.
So you throw in a few more hands like 98o or 78o J9o to get to 40%.
The heads up chapter in Skalanky and Malmuth's Poker for Advanced Players explains this concept very well playing out of the BB, and explains it for 3 handed as well.
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