Blockers Defined
We've covered what a blocker is here in Strategy before. The term refers to a card in your hand that "blocks" potential hands your opponents could have.
For example, let's say you hold
and the flop comes
, giving you a gutshot straight draw. As you assess what your opponents might have, the two eights in your hand serve as blockers to potential straights, making it less likely other players could have
. They also block straight draws, that is, other
hands.
In truth, some hold'em players
never think very much about blockers. Those at the lowest level who never think beyond their own hands obviously don't, but a lot of so-called "
first-level thinkers" who do give some attention to what their opponents might be holding often don't focus too much on blockers when trying to imagine what an opponent might have.
a bad example of a blocker is qq with a jack high board yep your qq is blocking another queen and your better then the board PROBABLY but you are not blocking aa or kk... this is what im talking about when say sometimes people overplay their hands in this situation.....a huge mistake is when you do not have the ace high flush but just catch a flush....
is a lot of places online to get more information the thing i work on is figuring out villians blockers which might allow a
bluff from the villian based on the board....this takes a lot of work and your looking at betting patterns which say he missed......i use this often when calling off... im usually right.... and im using theory from blockers.... i am still working on it but im starting to see it more in plo for cash where I can place a bad bet based on my whole cards and the board and im blocking self... is easier actually for me to see it on plo then in holdem.....