Blind Defense

Stealing the blinds is extremely satisfying and can be extremely profitable for the person who is stealing them but getting your blinds stolen from you can be extremely frustrating. It happens to everyone and occasionally, you get someone who is extremely adamant about stealing your blinds. Dealing with these types of players can be difficult but there are ways to fight back against players who try to steal all the time and it will either reduce the regularity in which he or she attempts to steal your blinds are stop it altogether.

You can defend your blind from either the small blind or the big blind and it does not matter too much from which you are defending. There are a number of different things that you have to take into account when you are planning to defend your blind though and doing it poorly or picking a bad time to make a stand can make it backfire with epic results. The first and most important thing to remember is that you should not just jump in to defend your blind the first time that someone tries to steal them. Unless it has happened a number of times, you should not jump in with a poor hand to defend them.

The next thing that is important to remember is to try to defend your PokerStars.net blinds in the most ideal situation, which is where you have a playable hand. Defending your blinds with a bad or extremely speculative hand is a very risky proposition, but if you have a decent hand, it is much less risky to put in a raise. With that said, it is sometimes unavoidable to defend your blind with a hand that is less than stellar and in these scenarios you should avoid getting into a reraise battle with opponent.

If your hand is better, however, and especially if you have a larger chip stack, do not be afraid to re-reraise if the person reraises you and you think that they are just trying to push you around. The entire point of defending the blind is to show strength to the player or players who are trying to take advantage of the inherent weakness of being the blinds and standing up for yourself. If you show continued weakness at the poker table, the other players will circle you like sharks and continue to peck at you until you have no chips left.

Defending your PokerStar blinds is something that you occasionally have to do in order to keep a strong table image and prevent players from trying to walk all over you. Poker players are like wild animals and if you show repeated signs of weakness they will attack you with full force so you occasionally have to stand tall and face the assault head on.