Winning Texas Hold Em - Stealing Blinds
January 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Texas Hold 'em
No-limit Hold ‘Em is the new giant of the poker world. Any day of the week I can flip through channels and find two or more poker shows going, and they’ll all be featuring no-limit Hold’ Em tournaments. Because tournaments are becoming so common and are so cheap to play, I see a lot of fresh faces at the tables, trying to bring their own slant to the books they’ve read on strategy.
Today I’d like to discuss the blind steal. Any young kid who’s heard a thing or two about poker knows that in order to stay alive in a tournament, you’ll have to rob both the rich and the poor. Liberating them from their blinds isn’t always easy, though; it’s a matter of finesse and timing.
Winning Texas Hold Em
Everyone knows that the button is the last line of defense for the positional blind steal. (The small-blind gets last stab at the pot if the button passes, but we’ll get to that.) The advantage of trying to steal on the button is two-pronged: a) the blinds have random hands that are likely not worth playing, and b) the button gets to see how they act, on the remaining betting rounds, before deciding how to proceed. Read the rest of the Fabulous Article
