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04-17-2005, 02:25 PM
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Defending your Blinds
This came up on the TAG table last night. A lot of comments from experienced posters that the blinds weren't being defended enough. So what is enough? What are your minimum blind defense hands? And does blind defence mean that you should reraise more or just call and take it from there?
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04-17-2005, 02:34 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
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Hope you don't mind a reference to a book but hepfap discusses this in the HU section(s)... [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I thought it might [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] It's the only book that I don't have in the collection. Ok, time to buy I suppose.
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#4
04-17-2005, 02:42 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
Sorry - I'm not expert enough to condense what he says in a couple passages and/or rules of thumb or I would've tried :-) I was just reading this specific topic a couple nights ago and it does answer each of your questions...
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#5
04-17-2005, 03:25 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
i'm no HU expert, but i do know that blind stealing and defense is fun and very situational/opponent specific. it is hard to nail down rules for these situations because much of both preflop de-fence (or stealing) and especially postflop play depends on table image and recent behavior. this is even more true at the 2+2 table where people are all paying attention and even showing down their hands.
if i ever get back to my computer i'll pull some of the hands where i defended and post my thought process or lack thereof.
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#6
04-17-2005, 03:44 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
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This came up on the TAG table last night. A lot of comments from experienced posters that the blinds weren't being defended enough. So what is enough? What are your minimum blind defense hands? And does blind defence mean that you should reraise more or just call and take it from there? [/ QUOTE ] It's not so much knowing what hands you should be defending with, but it's a matter of figuring out what hands people are stealing with. If it seems it's an open-raise anytime it's folded to late position, then look for anything like A7+, K8+, broadway cards, pocket pairs and 3-bet. If a player is folding somewhat often in that spot, then you need to tighten up more when you defend. How does villain play postflop? Is he relentlessly going to fire away at you? Then you've got to have hands with showdown value (ie tighten up). Is he somewhat weak postflop? Loosen up and try to take some pots away from him by using a bet-3-bet on the flop, or a check-raise. All of these considerations are what make poker so much fun.
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#7
04-17-2005, 03:54 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
How about this one?
Folded to me in the SB. I hold 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]10 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. The BB is Entity. didn't remember the exact hand. edited it in, not that it makes much of a difference.
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#9
04-17-2005, 04:00 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
how has he been playing?
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#10
04-17-2005, 04:03 PM
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Re: Defending your Blinds
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How about this one? Folded to me in the SB. I hold 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. The BB is Entity. [/ QUOTE ] Gotta fold. Raising no good. If Rob likes his hand at all, you'll have to invest another SB when he raises. If he doesn't like his hand, the flop is at least as likely to hit him as you, and he has position on you. Just fold and let him know you folded JJ out of respect for him.
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