How do you play in the blinds?

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Hi everyone. NLHE 6 Max ZOOM cash game on pokerstars.
How do you play when you are small blind or big blind?
 
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regardless of the position. Diapason hands from the average. As less as possible raise :) good luck ;)
 
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I play tighter in the small blind, because he is first to act after after the flop.
 
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I play tighter in the blinds when I play zoom. At a regular 6 max cash table I will defend almost all my blinds but at zoom I only defend about 40% of my blinds.
 
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I think try to see many flops if min to small raises and then play tight post flop
 
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Not being a cash game player, I would imagine it is different from tournaments, but I would say, whatever you do, don't do the same thing all the time. It won't take long for the other players at the table, to put a mark against you in their heads. Hope that helps.
 
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as well with a large bet and then enter all in
 
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Very tight and sometimes aggressive, it all depends on the strength of the hand. Aggressively on the flop
 
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You are waiting for a good hand and go allin. There are not many options. You can not play it, you do not have much to wait for. Put all the chips, the lost went again)))
 
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First of all it’s important to understand that the small and big blinds are the two worst positions at the poker table.In order to defend your blinds effectively you must understand the situation and the opponents you’re up against.
 
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I try to protect best I can, as long as the raise isn't too pricey. always nice when you can connect on the flop with an otherwise weak hand
 
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I tend to play agressive against to players in late positions and cautiously vs. Early positioned players
 
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if you have small stek, you must be should be confident in the strength of your hand to play.
and I thinkyou must try to see many flops if min to small raises and then play tight post flop
 
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Hi everyone. NLHE 6 Max ZOOM cash game on PokerStars.
How do you play when you are small blind or big blind?

More info would be nice, but I'll do my best. If it's folded to you in the sb you should be MOSTLY limping imo, against really aggressive opponents you can mostly fold. You should be raising more against nits but still infrequently. Aa-1010 and a10s+ are fine raises if you won't be 3 bet. If the bb often raises which I do if it's just me and the sb you can limp/fold 99-100%. In the bb you want to be raising against nits frequently and smiling/mucking when it's folded to you. Since you're out of position against anyone other than the sb you want to defend less than half the time--you can defend more against MP raises than EP raises.

Hope that helps
 
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In case of small blind adjusted game because we can steal the other blind as I mentioned another above as we can take advantage of this position. In the case of big blind in case of having a poor hand I do chek and but 3BB and in case of having a small stack I go all in.
 
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I would probably be a conservative as possible meaning just calling the min blinds and hopefully catch good community cards.
 
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Just premium or monster hands, with all your agression.
 
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I tend to play tight in SB since you are out of position post flop and if there are antes I tend to defend my BB with some marginal hands depending on the stack size.
 
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In the blinds, I try to play tight, and of course a lot depends on statistics on opponents. I often fold or 3 bet, and very rarely call.
 
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I have not strategy for playing. I just play by situation.
 
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