Standard Blind Steal Situations

[James.]

hand one is quite a different line, btw. i go, go, stop, stop.

i use it on occasion in situations like these by grabbing initiative early in the hand OOP, but relenquish it on the big streets if i'm planning on showing down regardless of what the board brings(for the most part).

it tends to build a pot early when my hand is often best. a common result on later streets is an increase in the bluffing frequency of our opponent. combine this with preserving my effective odds postflop(plus a couple other benefits) and it is a line that can be situationally acceptable.

i don't really have the time to get into the nitty gritty of when/why i use it but it can be correct when OOP against an aggressive opponent against whom you are wanting to showdown.