Lesson overview
Defending Your Blinds
Stop the bleeding
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Why do your blinds feel like they're being stolen every orbit?
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Button raises AGAIN. You look down at J-9 suited in the big blind. Fold feels weak. Call feels loose. What's the right move?
What you’ll learn
- When to defend vs when to give up
- The math behind blind defense
- Exploiting over-aggressive stealers
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The Blind Defense Math
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You're getting a DISCOUNT to see flops from the blinds.
In a $1/$2 game, when someone raises to $6:
- From BB: You only need to call $4 more (not $6!)
- You're getting about 2.25:1 odds immediately ($9 in the pot, $4 to call)
- The SB's folded $1 is dead money already sweetening that price
From the full lesson
💡 The 3-Bet Defense
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Don't just call—fight back!
Against a button open, your 3-bet range from BB should include:
- Value: QQ+, AK, AQs
- Bluffs: A5s-A2s (blocks their Ax), K5s-K7s, suited connectors like 76s-T9s, and some suited broadways
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