Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The important aspect of big blind play
The important aspect of big blind play against early opening raisers is paying extra close attention to the opponents that have opened or are in the pot. Don't look down at 97o and auto muck it because someone opened from early position. Make sure to scrutinize your opponent and have a plan for how to envision the hand to be ideally played.
Defending from the Big Blind vs Steals
Defending from the Big Blind vs Steals Defending from the big blind to steal attempts is one of the funnest (yes, that's an example of language in flux) and most common situations in poker. You both know you're going to be full of crap a lot of the time, so the leveling war and stand-off begins.