Blind Defense
In hold'em, when you suspect an opponent might be bluffing, what's the lowest hand with which you can call? In the big blind against a ufabet suspected blind steal, it may not be as much as you think. In a $20-$40 hold'em game in Las Vegas recently, I was in the big blind. An extremely aggressive player sat two seats to my right. Everyone around the table folded to the aggressive player on the button, who made the expected raise to $40. The small blind folded. The next decision was up to me. Much has been written about what it takes to call (or raise with) in this spot. When facing a suspected blind steal, it's sometimes necessary to defend your blind, albeit selectively -- or you'll be identified as an easy target and get run over by aggressive players. Something told me the player raising my big blind didn't really have much of a hand. In fact, the way that he thrust his chips forcefully into the pot convinced me that I wouldn't need much of a...