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petzy
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Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:16 am Post subject: big blind and small blind |
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hello i am new at playing poker and i want to know more about the big and the small blind. please tell me all about in an easy way so i can understand. my english isnt the best!
thx i hope somebody can help me!
sincerly
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roger39
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Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Location: Thailand
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Let's use a 1.00 / 2.00 game as an example. If the hand started with no money in the pot the correct strategy would be to wait for a pocket pair of Aces and then bet. With Ace-Ace being dealt to someone every 221 hands this would lead to a deadly boring game.
So someone solved this problem early on with the small blind / big blind bet. The first player to the left of the dealer (small blind) must bet 50 cents and and the next player to the left (big blind) must bet a dollar. This puts a little money in the pot for the rest of the people to fight over. Since the dealer rotates around the table all players end up being a blind the same number of times so no one has a disadvantage but action is encouraged. |
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griffinlord
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Location: The Great Plains of South Dakota
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| In addition to what roger39 said, blinds are also an effective alternative to antes. In an ante game (say the 1.00/2.00 game again) everyone would have to pay an ante of 0.15 to 0.25 to get enough money in the pot to fight over. Having .50 chips at a 1/2 table isn't that big of a deal, but does anyone actually want to fool around with nickles when the minimum bet is 1.00? |
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