Blind thieves, what to fo about them?

[Penguinfan]

[sjay2k]

if it becomes a pattern, re-raise him and he'll almost certainly fold.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

I believe this is a a fairly strong, and correct, play on his part for him for the reason you state. You are playing tight and have shown that you will not defend your blinds without a hand (corretly, IMO, if those have been your cards). So, why wouldn't he do it every time? If you play back at him he MIGHT back down if he doesn't have a hand.

IMO, the best response to this is to look to the other side and see if you can in turn take advantage of the players YOU have position on (are they playing tight too?). I would not suggest trying to defend with inferior cards lkke 2-6, 3-9, 7-9, etc. Even if you win once with this type of hand, it would just cause him to do it more, because he would know he got you to the point where you will call with anything, and that is even worse.

[Penguinfan]

I have no problem admitting it was good play on his part, very good play, but I am just looking for a way to respond to it. Frustrating to be in that spot, but if he's just gonna bleed me to death I guess I should have taken a stand somewhere along the line, the end result could only have been better than it actually turned out.

[Penguinfan]

By the way did anyone notice I made a typo spelling "do" in the subject line and spelled if "fo", I edited to correct it and it is correct in the heading for my post, but not corrected in the actual title of the thread itself. Kinda a strange little bug in the software I would say.

[Talking Poker]

The only thing you can do is reraise him. Hopefully he'll fold right there (if you raise enough). If not, the same logic he is using to steal applies - he's forced to hit a flop. And if he's stealing your BB form the SB, you even have position on him. He checks the flop, you bet and take it down.

[stussy2k]

if you have only 900 chips in sb, i would wait for a suited connector and go all in. I mean, your not gonna make it into the money with that amount of chips if you wait for a monster. might as well gamble