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Learn the ins and outs of big blind poker strategy. Playing from the blinds requires a bit of a different mindset than other positions, so you'll want to brush up. Texas Hold’em Rules: Texas Hold’em Poker is a community card game that can be played anywhere from 2-10 players. One player acts as dealer. This position is called the button and it rotates clockwise after every hand. The two players to the left of the dealer are called the small blind and the big blind, respectively.

Creating a solid opening range is crucial for any poker player. If you have a solid plan before the flop, playing after the flop becomes much easier and is more straightforward. But how should we do it, what needs to be taken into consideration? And the most important part – what hands to play?

The first factor, that goes into determining our opening range is position. The rule is very simple – early positions are weak, middle are ok and late positions, especially 'button', are very strong. 'Blinds' are also early positions. Overall, we want to open with between 15 and 20% of the hands, but when we are in an early position, we should play only around 10% of them. However, as a dealer, we can raise up to 40% of the pocket cards. If we have some additional information about other players at the table, we can change things up a little bit, but we should stick to the plan and not get carried away just because someone is raising like a maniac.

Below you can find charts that show a potential range for each position, but it can be tighter or looser for some players. Some speculative hands like, 'suited connectors' or 'low broadways' might be very tricky to play post flop, so you can drop them if you don't feel comfortable playing them.

early position

middle position

cutoff

button

small blind

Now, let's clarify one thing – what does 'opening' mean? Basically, if nobody has raised before us, we raise. The usual amount should be 3 big blinds, with an addition of one big blind for every limper before us. You should never limp – it's a very weak, passive play. If your hand is good enough to be played – just raise. Aggression is very valuable in poker, as well as initiative.

What if someone has already raised?

There are three options:

1. 3 bet – which is the re-raise. We should re-raise when we have a good hand, such as: (9,9+, AK, AJs+), to get more value, and to get the weaker hands that might beat us on the flop or later streets, to fold.
2. Call – calling the raise pre-flop when you have a weak hand like: AQo, AJo, or low pocket pairs, is perfectly fine. However, low pairs (lower than 9,9) might get very tricky, since they don't present much, and in general, you should be trying to hit the set on the flop. If you are wrong and the opponent continues betting – you should fold.
3. Folding – when there are no other possibilities, fold. If you don't have a very good hand and will lose you chips in the long run (for example A3s), then you should go ahead and fold.

What if someone 3 bets me?

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My advice would be to '4bet' (re-raise again) with absolute monsters (AA, KK, AK) and call with some other strong sets (QQ, JJ, AQs), while folding everything else. Whenever someone is that aggressive, you should give him some credit. If the '4bet' is 'all-in', you should only call if you have: AA, KK, AK, otherwise your hand will often be dominated and you'll lose chips in the long run.

Defending the big blind

Whenever you are in the big blind and the button or the small blind raises to steal your blind, you can defend your chips. In most cases, you should just call using a bit wider range than usual. Sometimes you can try 3betting with some strong hands, but also a little bit wider range than usual. Since you have already put money in the pot, it's profitable to loosen up a bit.

If you are in the small or big blind, you have already contributed money to the pot. So when the bet comes around to you, many questions present themselves. Do you check? Raise? Fold? Those questions are addressed in this section.
Small Blind
The small blind is a unique situation in that you already have half a bet in the pot. This means that you can see the flop for a discounted price. For this reason, you will see the flop in an unraised pot with any of the above hands and QT, JT, K8s, K7s, K6s, K5s, K4s, K3s, and K2s from the small blind. As in a few of the recommended hands above with the suited cards, you are hoping to flop a flush or flush draw; and with the QT and JT a straight, straight draw, two pairs, or trips.
This is a good time to discuss the blinds. Once you have posted a blind, the money is no longer yours. Many players feel that because they have money in the pot, they must protect their blind.
This thinking will often lead to playing far weaker hands than your opponents, and basically you will be throwing good money after bad. An example of this is if you are in the big blind and hold 2/7 unsuited. This is the worst possible starting hand. If the post is raised before you can act, you must fold. In a raised pot, you have such a minuscule chance of winning the hand with 2/7 that putting any more money in the pot will most often be costly. Another way to look at this is even if you had the opportunity to see the flop for free, you will rarely win a pot holding a hand as weak as 2/7.
You can also be psychologically trapped if the flop gives you a pair on one of your cards. Now because you have a pair, you want to stay in the game, so you continue to throw money into the pot. In all probability, however, another player has your pair with a higher kicker because most players would not call the big blind with two low cards. If you hit two pairs, trips, or even a full house, the probability of winning increases to the point where it would be worthwhile to continue, but the possibility of losing always looms.
It's easy for most players to release the worst possible hole cards when the prospect of winning is low, but what if your hole cards are J9 at the small blind, you call, and a J or an 8 and a 7 are flopped? You have a pair and you have a chance at an inside straight. These types of hands can make you a loser in the long run if you stay with them against strong players. Remember, after the flop, you will be the first to bet -- the worst possible position

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, so you have that against you as well. Using this same reasoning, don't call the half bet in the small blind without a decent starting hand.
Big Blind
When you are in the big blind, you will often have the opportunity to check and see the flop for free. This is usually a good play, especially if you hold a hand not mentioned above. There are, however, a few hands that you should raise with in the big blind. AA, KK, AKs, and AK should all be brought in with a raise to build the pot. An exception is if only one or two players have entered the pot, you may check with AA and KK in order to disguise your hand and give your opponents an opportunity to hit something on the flop. This can be dangerous because sometimes an opponent who limps in with a small pair may hit a set

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on the flop.
In this section we discussed the most important concept in becoming and staying a winning Hold'em player -- starting hand selection. The hands listed are not the only hands you will ever play in Hold'em.
As you gain experience and learn how certain opponents play and learn to read different situations, you will be able to play many different hands many different ways. The important thing is to give yourself a fair chance to win or at least break even while gaining experience. If you are dedicated to following the guidelines, you will be well on your way to becoming a successful Hold'em player.
Now that we've covered basic strategy, it's time to move to more advanced concepts. In the next few sections, we will learn more detailed strategies that will help you become a better Hold'em player.

For more information about Texas Hold 'Em Poker and other variations, try the following links:

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• To see all of our articles on poker rules and advice, go to our main article on How To Play Poker.
• Some Poker Basics are essential before you sit down at the card table.
• For a more complicated version of hold 'em, learn How to Play Omaha Poker.
• Get to know the previous 'most popular game in poker', in How to Play 7-Card Stud Poker.