In the land of the blinds, the one-kinged man is I

[bobbyi]

In live play, I have always chopped, so blind battles are still fairly foreign to me. Like this one? Villain is 52/6/1.6 on 200 hands.

Party Poker 10/20 Hold'em (6 max, 3 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (5 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 5 BB

[dhaimon]

Raise this flop, the rest of the hand is fine.

Mid pair in a blind battle is a pretty strong hand. And I generally don't credit them the ace when they don't raise preflop. He could easily be betting both a spade here, or a 3 or a worse 8.

[PassiveCaller]

I'd probably raise the flop too, without the raise I'm going to at least give them less credit for an Ace.

Especially at 10-20.

[dave44]

I think you need to raise either the flop or the turn.

[bobbyi]

The guy's pfr is 6 which is absurdly low. I wouldn't be surprised if he limps with weak aces at least sometimes. I agree that mid pair/ good kicker in a blind battle is usually a strong hand, but not having a spade on this board signficantly weakens my hand compared to the norm.

[JrJordan]

I would call the flop and raise a non-spade turn. He's not three betting without at least an A because of the scare board. That way you charge a spade draw, and can check behind the river if you feel a value bet is too thin (but I'm pretty sure a value bet is required by law if the river is a nonspade).

[bobbyi]

If he calls your turn raise and then a spade hits on the river and he bets out, are you folding?

[wackjob]

I don't know why you raised preflop. A guy that raises that little is likely limping weak aces &amp; kings &amp; low pocket pairs from the SB, mostly hands that have you beaten. I'd rather see the flop before I put more money in the pot. I raise the flop or the turn as well &amp; bet until given a reason not to.. including a spade river.

[Guy McSucker]

I love your subject line.

That is all.

Guy.

[SteveGriff]

I would chuck in a raise somewhere

Steve griff