Steal At the Bubble
January 22, 2008
With the blinds being rather high at this point and the antes increasing (if there are antes), now is the perfect time to steal a few hands, here is why. Everyone is thinking about finishing in the money. They tighten up their game to be sure that they don’t wind up in the bubble. If you have a big enough chip advangtage, here’s how I think a solid poker player should play it:Raise until someone plays back at you or you lose a pot. It’s that simple at this stage of the game. I’ve done this blindly several times. I raise, they fold. At least you are safe to know at this stage of the game that if someone plays back at you they probably have a hand.
The basic premise of this article is that at this stage of the game, a lot of people are playing for that first money position. I say let them have that first money position, I’m playing to win!