So, why wouldn't you always do the SB or BB? I've read peoples stats where they haven't always done it.

Also, I play at Pokerstars & have seen tournament alerts but never entered one. Do you have to pay real money to play in all of them?

Thanks.

Signed, a becoming quickly addicted hold 'em player.

if your in the BB and someoen raises... unless you have a good hand, why throw money down the toilet.

If your in the SB and you can call... it's kinda tricky... depending on the strength of your hand and how many people are already in the pot it might be permissible to call with an average hand (or raise with a great one)


You're probably still learning strength of hands really... in the BB or SB with A5 offsuit... you almost never want to call a raise or even call the BB. If you flop an Ace you're almost always in kicker problems. A lot of ppl play QJ facing a raise... QJ has very little value.

Snuff's post about hand rankings might be something to look at.

Mars