Stealing Blinds
steal (one) blind
Steal (one) blind. To steal everything one owns, especially through deceitful or fraudulent means. Sometimes used to insinuate that someone is charging too much money for something. The CEO was sent to prison for stealing his clients blind through a complex Ponzi scheme. A blind steal, or steal attempt, is when a poker player raises pre-flop hoping to win the blinds uncontested. If everyone else folds when you raise, you will win the dead money regardless of what. The following article was found on the 2+2 forums.The original post by Pokey is titled Pooh-Bah Redux: Blind Stealing and can be found here.This article was one of the most inspirational and ground breaking to my play. This post is an absolutely “must read” for any person trying to seriously win at online poker; in fact, you should probably bookmark it and read it again next month. Steal (one) blind To steal everything one owns, especially through deceitful or fraudulent means. Sometimes used to insinuate that someone is charging too much money for something. The CEO was sent to prison for stealing his clients blind through a complex Ponzi scheme. In addition to stealing pots, players may also attempt to steal the blinds. This is often done by players in middle to late position when there has not been any action preflop. The blind stealer hopes that one of two outcomes will occur. The first hope is that the blinds will not defend against a raise, so the blind stealer will win an.
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