Defending your Blinds

[Goalie35]

I have listened to several podcasts regarding defending your blinds. One pro says only defend if you have a strong hand while another pro says open your range. Obviously a lot depends on the villain, bet sizing and position. Is there a guiding rule of thumb on when to defend and when to fold?

 

[Tero]

Here's a one view from our very own course:

Defending The Big Blind | Poker Training | Day 26 | CardsChat

Many factors determine how wide you should defend your blind. The most important: how big is your opponent raising, and will you have position post-flop?

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[Rosylly]

Generally you should defend a lot of hands, because if you fold you'll play -100BB/100, even if you'll play smth like -80BB/100 you'll already be in better position.

They earlier positon of the opp is and the higher open raise, the less hands u wanna defend obviously, generally the best option would be to find high quality bb defence charts, study them and use at the tables adapting to situation.

 

[MTT Database Review]

GTO Wizard has free basic preflop ranges. Stop guessing based on some random sentences you read or hear and just study those.