Poker strategy: The Soap Box  1 2 Add Blog Entry  Making
adjustments for weird games, III  In my last entry, I wrote
about what to do when the blinds are comparatively small. Now,
what do you do when the blinds are comparatively big?  For
example, at the Seminole Indian Casino Hollywood, the $1-$2
limit game is spread with $1-$1 blinds. In this case, there's 2
small bets in before the flop (as opposed to the "standard" 1
1/3 to 1 2/3 small bets). Can you say "blind stealing
opportunity?" Risk $2 to win $2, you only have to be a favorite
50% of the time to win.  Of course, this needs to be tempered by
the fact that proper play dictates defending your blind more
(even the SB) -- a button raise to you in the SB gives you 4:1
odds on your call; if you're a winner more than 20% of the time,
you've made money. In fact, you should consider reraising to a
blind steal more (especially out of the BB); putting in $2 to
win $4 means that you need to only win just over 1/3 of the
hands you reraise to show a profit.  Addit