Is it beneficial to post your big blind in the CO?

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Suppose you're playing full-ring with 9 players.

Typically, you wait until you're the BB until you post. You will pay 1.5bbs to see all 9 positions (post 1bb on BB, post 0.5bbs on SB and see the other 7 positions for free).

You are not allowed to post in the BTN, but you can post in the CO.

When you post in the CO, you only see 6 hands instead of 9 (you don't play the SB, BB or BTN), but you're only paying 1bb instead of 1.5bbs.

Mathematically, paying 1bb to see 6 hands is equivalent of paying 1.5bbs to see 9 hands. You're seeing 6 hands per 1bb paid.

So the only decision you're making is: is it worthwhile to give up your BTN position (best position) to avoid playing in the SB and BB (worst positions)? Because if it is, then that means that posting in the CO is better than waiting until you're the BB.

And the implications go further than that: walking away or "sitting out" every time you're in the BB and then posting again when you're in the CO would be the optimal way to play (assuming they only charge you 1bb for this, rather than 1.5bbs like some live casinos do).

What are your thoughts on this?
 
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How often are you taking breaks and how many tables. It's still cutting your win rate
 
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Just do the math if your win rate was 5BB/100
 
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I'm talking mainly about live poker, since the only online tables I play are 6-max zoom.
 
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well then you have to consider the time 6 hands takes which is 20 minutes. In live you need to time when you leave not just in front the bb
 
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Forgot to mention the reason it's not profitable is also that you can't just post A bb if you missed both bb and sb
 
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Forgot to mention the reason it's not profitable is also that you can't just post A bb if you missed both bb and sb

Yeah I addressed this in the OP - that some casinos make you pay 1.5bbs if you miss your SB and BB.

However, when you're first coming to the table, would it not be profitable to begin your session in the CO rather than the BB?

well then you have to consider the time 6 hands takes which is 20 minutes. In live you need to time when you leave not just in front the bb

I'm not sure what you mean by this... in live poker, you can take a break at anytime you want without giving any notice, and the only time you have to wait a hand is if you're coming in on the BTN.

Plus it usually only takes 2 minutes per hand (average) in live NLHE and you can do productive stuff during your break, like getting food, getting a drink, going to the bathroom or going outside for some fresh air.
 
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Tommy Angelo does not post behind and has a 4 page explanation of it in his book. It has to do with table image. He sometimes will post behind at NL, but never at limit.
 
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Yeah I addressed this in the OP - that some casinos make you pay 1.5bbs if you miss your SB and BB.

However, when you're first coming to the table, would it not be profitable to begin your session in the CO rather than the BB?



I'm not sure what you mean by this... in live poker, you can take a break at anytime you want without giving any notice, and the only time you have to wait a hand is if you're coming in on the BTN.

Plus it usually only takes 2 minutes per hand (average) in live NLHE and you can do productive stuff during your break, like getting food, getting a drink, going to the bathroom or going outside for some fresh air.
You don't post when first coming to table. Just wait for CO and come in free. That's my experience at most casinos in Vegas and London.

No I mean time you breaks not to miss a bb. I also forget that at your games you don't have table waitresses etc so you actually have to get up for stuff like that.
 
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Fwiw I would always post live because waiting is killing like 15 minutes for 6 hands to pass to post in bb.
 
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