• Generally only raise with premium hands from the blinds since you are
decreasing your pot odds while having to act first on every betting round.
Consider an occasional raise with a borderline hand given the right
conditions to add some deception to your game.
• Consider reraising against a lone late raiser to defend your blinds.
• The small blind should generally either reraise or fold against a lone raiser
from any position.
• Consider slowplaying your premium hands from the big blind against an
aggressive lone raiser,
• Starting hand guidelines for small blind versus big blind situations are very
dependent on your opponent. Generally you should play aggressively,
especially if your opponent plays too tight.
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