One of the interesting facts about tournament poker is that people are very passive in blind vs blind duels. While a player in the big blind is always waiting for a suspicious raise from the button, he is much more likely to respect a raise from the small blind.
Take the lead when you are in the small blind. If you know that the BB is playing very conservatively in blind vs blind situations - raise your bets. Your cards are not important here. Just always raise a sum that will force your opponent to fold. And if you are still beaten, simply return your cards to the deck.
Example:
You have 7♠-2♥ small blind. The middle stage of the tournament is underway. You have just moved to this table and do not know how BB plays. You have 6,000 , the blinds are 200-400. Everyone folds to you. BB has 8000. What should you do?
Test your opponent. Forget about your cards. Raise the stakes to 1400. Big Blind won't like your raise, and might even suspect that you're trying to bluff him. But if he doesn't have a strong starting hand he will fold. After all, he doesn't know how you play.
- Stealing from the big blind.
Sometimes when you are in the big blind, everyone will fold to the SB, who will just call. Such a play just screams about a weak opponent's hand. At best, his hand will just be mediocre and he wants to see a cheap flop with it.
You need a big raise. Don't check in the following situations. When the SB shows weakness, take advantage of it. Even if SB calls your raise, you will still have a positional advantage, but then play very carefully.
- Beating an overly aggressive thief with a button.
You are BB. Everyone folds before the button. He raises the bets. You have a bad hand so you fold. The next orbit you are in the same situation. Button calls again, you look at your hand, find j♥-4♠ and fold.
After another orbit, the third time the same situation occurs, the button raises the stakes again. What should you do?
In this case, your cards are no longer relevant. Hit your opponent hard and make him fold his hand. You must not allow any player to push you around like this. And you can't show the other players that you are easy to exploit. If they see this, you will be forked.
Even if you choose such an aggressive line just once, you will draw the attention of the player on the button.
- Go all in against 10 times your opponent's stack.
When you have a huge chip lead over your opponent, or rather 10 times ( or even more) more chips than your opponent, stop just answering. Just push all in. By doing so, you will put tremendous pressure on your opponent, with very little risk to you.
Example:
You have 7♥-2♠ and are in BB position. The late stage of the tournament is underway. You have 220 000. The blinds are 4000-8000. Everyone folds to SB. SB has 20,000 and calls the bet. What do you do?
Why does the SB only respond? He has already invested 4000 in his hand and has only 16 000 left.
You have the worst hand in poker, but that's beside the point. You have more than 10 times more chips than your opponent, push all in.
Example:
You have 10♥-2♠. The middle stage of the tournament is underway. Blinds are 400-800. You have 31 000 and are SB. Everyone folds to you. BB has 2500. What do you do?
Just go All in. Make your opponent risk it all or get out.
Tip: What are pot odds? Why do they matter?
a) Pot odds is the ratio of the bet size to the current pot size. For example, if the pot has 800 chips and your opponent bets 400, the pot is 1200. You need to bet 400 to call. Therefore, the ratio of a pot of 1200 to any pot of 400 is calculated. The ratio of 1200 to 400 is 3-1.
b) Pot odds are important because you want to place bets where the relative size of the bet is less than your probability of getting the desired combination.
In the example above, if you have a double-back buy-in on the flop, your odds of getting to the river are approximately 2.2 to 1. As a result, expecting to see the river gives you good pot odds and you should call the bet.
c) Implied odds are based on your guess as to how big the total pot will be at the end of the hand. They are often calculated when you plan to fold on the next street if you don't get the hand you want, but continue the hand if you do.
Implied odds are important because sometimes you don't get the pot odds you need to call right now, but implied odds, or the probability of winning a certain amount, substitutes for a fold to call.
Using the above example, if your opponent had bet 1000 into a pot of 800 chips, your odds would have been 1.8 to 1. That's not good enough odds to try to catch the turn. However, if you and your opponent are both deep-stacked, and your buy-in to the queue is not completely obvious if you catch it, you may get good enough implied odds to justify a call.
That is, if you catch your buy-in on the turn, you can expect to win a pot worth 5,000 or more. This would mean that your implied odds were 5 to 1.
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