Blind Stealing in NL Hold’em
Since Blind Stealing is becoming quite popular at online micro/low limit NL holdem cash games, I decided to take a closer look at this particular poker phenomenon.
As the name suggests, the main goal of Blind Stealing is to pick up (or steal) so called »dead money« from the poker players on the Big and Small Blind position (these two players have blindly put their money into the pot) without seeing a flop.
This NL Texas Hold’em maneuver is generally used from late positions, like CUTOFF or BUTTON, in situations with no limpers or raisers infront of the poker player, who is doing the steal. Blind stealing is therefore closely connected to table positions and it is often done with weak hands, since it is just not possible to get premium hands as often as the steal raise is performed.
Typical NL Holdem blind steal situation:
We all steal blinds from time to time, but there are types of poker players, who do it more often then others.
Who does the Blind stealing?
These players are very agressive pre-flop, especially when they find themself in late positions with no action infront of them. In general, their PFR % is therefore somewhere around and above 8 %, but that percentage increases significantly in late positions.
I am sure you met at least one of these blind stealing poker players the last time you played NL holdem online. Just recall this situation: You are in the Big Blind and the player on the Button is raising 3 times the amount of BB again, just like he did it the last four times, when there was no action infront of him.
If that is the case, you have just identified a Blind Stealer and your Poker Tracking software (if you use one), will confirm that. Look at his »Attempt to Steal Blinds« percentage and if you see that number equal or greater than 25 %, then you are most probably dealing with a Blind Stealer.
Example of »Attempt to steal blinds« percentage for a certain Blind stealer is shown in the picture below:
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