# of BB

oneeyejak · #1 10-18-2007, 08:59 PM

I see a lot of posts where people say someone should have pushed all in or made a certain move based on the number of big blinds that they have at the stakes they are playing.

Would anyone like to elaborate on this or post a link with some in depth discussion of this concept.

Thanks

drzen · #2 10-19-2007, 12:40 AM

I'm not sure what you're asking but I think this might be the answer.

A BB is the amount that the big blind must pay as his forced bet. Say the blinds in a tournament are t50 and t100. 1BB = t100.

Say your stack is t1000. You have t1000/100 = 10BB.

The reason you're advised to push with any hand you play with less than (x)BB is that if you make a "standard" raise (say 3BB), you are "pot committed" (will have to call a raise for all your chips rather than get very short) so you should take advantage of other players' willingness to fold by pushing before they can.