Stealing The Blinds – Effective Blind Stealing In Texas Holdem

Stealing the blinds is when you sense weakness in your opponents who are only calling the big blind. You then raise a suitable amount in the hope that everyone else folds.

Although you are risking a large amount to win a small amount, these small amounts add up to quite a lot by the end of a night. If you need an analogy, it’s a bit like always betting on the favourite horse, except there is no bookie’s edge here.

Position is very important here and being on the button is ideal because you are the last to act if everyone else calls the big blind.

This works well in limit poker and with tight playing players as opposed to loose players and on no limit tables where the showdown is more likely to be seen.

If you are going to raise then my recommendation is to raise 3 times the big blind. This should be enough to flush the other players out. Actually, let me rephrase that, raise somewhere near to 3 times the amount. If you don’t use the slider and instead enter an amount like 2.9, it will look to the players like you have thought about it and are confident.

Remember to mix it up and don’t steal the blinds successively for a long time. You want it to look like you are serious and thoughtful about your blind stealing and probably not worth calling.