Prestige Poker Rooms
BLINDS
• Stealing the Blinds
Stealing the blinds or attempting to steal the blinds is when a player in late position , often the button, is the first one to enter the pot and raises with the hope of the blinds folding to the raise. For this to work, you must study your opponents and know how they play. Some players will defend their blinds by always calling a raise. Obviously you can't steal their blind if this is the way they play.
Stealing the blinds happens much more in no- limit Hold'em than in limit Hold'em because you can make a large enough raise in no-limit to often drive the blinds out of the hand . Unless the blinds are extremely tight , I don't recommend trying to steal blinds very often without a solid hand. Moreover, since many players attempt to steal blinds from the button, most players don't respect a raise from this position and will call with marginal hands. For this reason, experienced players like to try a steal occasionally from one seat to the right of the button.
• Each player starts with 1000 chips.
• Blinds and antes are raised every ten (10) minutes according to the schedule below.
Level |
Small Blind |
Big Blind |
Ante |
Level |
Small Blind |
Big Blind |
Ante |
1 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
18 |
2000 |
4000 |
400 |
2 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
19 |
3000 |
6000 |
600 |
3 |
15 |
30 |
0 |
20 |
4000 |
8000 |
800 |
4 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
21 |
6000 |
12,000 |
1200 |
5 |
30 |
60 |
0 |
22 |
8000 |
16,000 |
1600 |
6 |
50 |
100 |
0 |
23 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
2000 |
7 |
75 |
150 |
0 |
24 |
15,000 |
30,000 |
3000 |
8 |
100 |
200 |
0 |
25 |
20,000 |
40,000 |
4000 |
9 |
150 |
300 |
0 |
26 |
3,000 |
60,000 |
6000 |
10 |
150 |
300 |
25 |
27 |
40,000 |
80,000 |
8000 |
11 |
200 |
400 |
50 |
28 |
60,000 |
120,000 |
12,000 |
12 |
300 |
600 |
75 |
29 |
80,000 |
160,000 |
16,000 |
13 |
400 |
800 |
100 |
30 |
100,000 |
200,000 |
20,000 |
14 |
600 |
1200 |
125 |
31 |
150,000 |
300,000 |
30,000 |
15 |
800 |
1600 |
150 |
32 |
200,000 |
400,000 |
40,000 |
16 |
1000 |
2000 |
200 |
33 |
300,000 |
600,000 |
60,000 |
17 |
1500 |
3000 |
300 |
34 |
400,000 |
800,000 |
80,000 |
