Theoretical Blind defenses...

[bravos1]

I feel that my NL blind play is probably far from optimal, so I'd like to open some discussion on it. So you are playing a typical 50NL game. You are in the one of the blinds and it is raised.. what do you do?

Give your 3betting and calling ranges for each of these scenarios (or raising range if limped to).

Hero in BB (SB folds all unless noted)
1. 17/15/2.5 BTN opens for 4x
2. 10/8/4 BTN opens for 4x
3. 30/25/3.5 BTN opens for 4x
4. 40/7.5/.85 BTN minraises
5. 75/4.5/1 open limps BTN (what is raising range)
6. 20/15/2.5 opens UTG 4x, BTN cold-calls
7. 20/15/2.5 opens UTG 3x, SB calls
8. 65/5/1.5 open limps BTN, SB calls

Hero is SB (give range to complete and range to raise)
9. unknown CO limps, unknown BTN over limps, BB is LP
10. 25/14/2.5 CO opens 3-4x
12. 40/8/1.5 BTN open limps
13. entire table limps to you
14. 35/10/2 UTG+1 minraises
15. 18/15/3.5 UTG raises 4x, 45/30/5 BTN min-3bets
16. 35/20/2.5 UTG raises 4x

All of these situations are fairly common at 50NL (except for probably 13), and I'm curious to see everyone's ranges here. I'll prolly do a non-blinds one later... especially hands where you open in late position and get 3bet by a blind.

[kaz2107]

imo this is a really tough topic to define a range. at least u gave villians range but there r several other important factors that come to mind. first is my image at the table and recent action involving me. if i have been a maniac for the last 10 hands i will not b 3 betting very wide oop in a blind against almost n e one. the oposite applies to obv.

and to be honest i dont think i have a standard 3 bet range ever. if im feeling laggy it will b much wider and if things have been goin crappy for the day and i am not in a rythm at the moment i will not b 3 betting out of the blinds very much at all.

[bravos1]

wow.. no love at all for this thread?

Kaz, just assume that your image is standard for your play.
Regarding how you feel, just put out a range for each...

ex if I'm feeling the happy juice, I'm 3betting 77+, AQs+, AKo and calling AT-Js, and any other PP in this sit, else 3betting JJ+, AK, and calling AJs+, 66+, and AQ... or whatever. It's really not that difficult. If you want to break it down more, fine, if not, fine as well.. just kinda looking for to effective ranges.