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In a free online poker game start to look for blind stealing
opportunities when the blinds are at the 100-200 level. I think too many
players wait to see a baby ace (which isn't the best stealing hand in
the world anyway) or something similar before they push in. You have to
get inside your opponents' heads to blind steal properly. What are they
thinking? Everyone but Seat 2 is trying to slide into the money here.
They don't want a confrontation now. Maybe even less so than you,
because they feel semi-comfortable with their chip positions. So what
you do is, as soon as the big stack folds his hand and you can get first
in - push. Doesn't matter if it's 23o or T4o or 95s or JJ . All you want
is those 300 chips out there, and you're going to get them a
ridiculously high percentage of the time. As a side note, I'll also
raise any two if I'm the big stack and I can be first in unless the
smallest stack is in the big blind. Cards don't matter at this stage of
the tournament - position and chip count do. I don't think enough people
realize this. Steal two or three times IN THE RIGHT SPOT (and not when
the big stack is behind you - he's bound to call) and you're right back
in the mix. I'd much rather push with 24o with the big stack out of the
hand than K8s with him still to act.