playing out of the blinds..?

#1 22nd January 2012, 2:57 AM

just been grinding 25nl today, and something i noticed a lot of players doing (and regs) is calling raises out of the blinds with marginal hands. seems like a leak to me.

my personal rule is: if you cant 3/4bet it, you can't play it in the blinds.

are there any spots/scenarios in which you can flat call a raise? dependent of hands and people in etc..

#2 22nd January 2012, 8:21 AM

With decent hands against barreling monkeys.

#3 22nd January 2012, 11:21 AM

Yeah or if mw with implied odds I guess, but as usual it depends on so many things.

Here's an excellent podcast thing by Improva (and his awesome accent) about playing from the blinds. It's rather good.

Simpleme and Improva talking about playing from the blinds

#4 22nd January 2012, 6:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cafeman31

Yeah or if mw with implied odds

Usually you have horrible implied odds from the blinds.

#5 22nd January 2012, 6:56 PM

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Originally Posted by c9h13no3

Usually you have horrible implied odds from the blinds.

I don't understand what you mean, could you expand on this point please?

#6 22nd January 2012, 7:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cafeman31

I don't understand what you mean, could you expand on this point please?

Typically, you're going to be against a late position steal. And you're going to be out of position. Not a great recipe for getting max value when you hit an unlikely hand.

#7 22nd January 2012, 7:51 PM

Oh yeah, I totally agree with that, I was talking specifically about multiway.

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