NoWuckingFurries
Legend
Silver Level
One of the areas of poker that is probably not making me nearly as much as it should make me is when I am in the blinds, and particularly when I am the small blind. Currently I only play tournaments.
I look at my hole cards before anyone has bet, and if it's anything other than a premium hand when I am the small blind I am checking that little box that says "Fold".
If it's anything other than a premium hand and I am the big blind I am checking that little box that says "Check/Fold".
The underlying issue here is a feeling that I don't want to be seen to be a slow player that is "holding the game up".
Quite often I encounter a situation where everybody folds around to the button, the button limps and the BB checks. In those situations I have found that if the button limps and I put in a decent raise (say 5 x BB) the BB and the button will often both fold.
Or if I am the SB I just put in enough to call the BB, then if I hit on the flop I can often take the pot down.
So I probably need to stop thinking that I am playing against nine opponents, and if everyone folds around to the button (and I am SB or BB) I need to start thinking that I am playing against just one or two opponents, and widen my range of hands accordingly?
I look at my hole cards before anyone has bet, and if it's anything other than a premium hand when I am the small blind I am checking that little box that says "Fold".
If it's anything other than a premium hand and I am the big blind I am checking that little box that says "Check/Fold".
The underlying issue here is a feeling that I don't want to be seen to be a slow player that is "holding the game up".
Quite often I encounter a situation where everybody folds around to the button, the button limps and the BB checks. In those situations I have found that if the button limps and I put in a decent raise (say 5 x BB) the BB and the button will often both fold.
Or if I am the SB I just put in enough to call the BB, then if I hit on the flop I can often take the pot down.
So I probably need to stop thinking that I am playing against nine opponents, and if everyone folds around to the button (and I am SB or BB) I need to start thinking that I am playing against just one or two opponents, and widen my range of hands accordingly?