Problems defending blinds

[Stipe_fan]

How aggressively do most of you defend your blinds?

I usually let them go with plans to steal someone elses on the CO or CO-1. I came into a situation last night. My blinds were getting raised almost every orbit. I finally got a hand. I had AQs and the SB raised me 3BB. I went all-in and he called and showed QQ and I was out. Was this a totally idiotic play? How long do you let others steal your blinds? Was I just unlucky?

I have a couple of questions. What is the weakest hand you will push or aggressively raise with versus an average opponent? (VP$IP ~20%). Does the gap principle pertain when you "think" someone is on a steal?

Thanks,

Stipe

[Trainwreck]

I would advise you NOT to push in all your chips on blind defenses, unless you have AA, AK, or KK.

Even then usually 3x what they bet over you usually sends a message.

I might defend bluff about 10% of the time, the other times, if the bet is in the 2-4x the BB range, I suspect a typical steal attempt, and do I really care about the chips already out there, relative to what I might have to do to defend? and do I have a reason hand, if not, I toss.

>TW<

[JFM]

Well, against the smal blind i almost always call/raise, because I have position.
Against the button/CO i will fold al junk hands exept
7-5s and such and raise with any real hand
If you don´t like to be as agressive as i then reraise with hands like AJ, AQ, KQ (don´t push though unless you are shortstacked!) and fold the rest and wait for a better position to make a play.

[Potowame]

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I would advise you NOT to push in all your chips on blind defenses, unless you have AA, AK, or KK.



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Dude, thats not blind defense. A monkey can defend his blinds with AA-KK, and AK.

AQs is more than enough hand to come over the top a SB raise. If stack size was really deap a all-in may not be your best option, but I am RR here most of the time, and calling to trap a weaker A or KQ the other.

[Trainwreck]

I would still defend with AQs and good quality hands, BUT:

I wouldn't put ALL my chips in PF. AI becomes OFFENSE, this is defense. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

That's what I meant. 8)

>TW<