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In general, your defense standards should be largely dependent upon several things: Â Â Â 1. The preflop range of hands of the blind stealer. Â Â Â 2. The relative skill difference between you and the preflop raiser. Â Â Â 3. Other smaller factors, like rake considerations. The biggest thing you should be considering when you are debating a defense situation ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/entity/493-Shorthanded-Limit-Hold-em-Basic-Preflop-Steal-and-Defense">(continued)</a>
The battle in the blinds In hold’em, blind stealing and defense is what separates the great players from small winners and mediocre losers.  As you play increasingly shorthanded games, the amount of time you spend in the blinds increases dramatically.  You will spend one and half more times paying blinds at a six-handed table than you will at a 10-handed ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/entity/492-Shorthanded-Limit-Hold-em-An-Introduction-to-Preflop-Play">(continued)</a>