Quote Originally Posted by ThelVlaster
Just sent you an email on the site as well. I've read all of section 1 and have been trying it out on my own and so far so good.

I haven't done all the exercises but I did the I always fold ones and I think they've helped, I can finally fold AT, after writing it like 100 times.

I had a question though. "In my old game" (i know dreadful words huh) I would make a few blindsteals on the button, if everyone folded to me. Sometimes it help me stay around 100BB and sometimes I got burned. Playing performance poker yesterday, i was down to 80BB on all 4 tables, and passed up many opportunities to blind steal. Was wondering if you ever implement blind stealing later, and what your views on it were with 19hand performance poker.
You definately need to get signed up and let me see where you're playing and your hand history. Typically blind stealing on NL ring is pointless. If all you're doing is stealing the blind. There are better opportunity to take advantage of limpers who typically call a raise and then fold to pressure after the flop. 19 hand doesn't say to do that. I'm just saying, if you're playing NL100 for instance and you steal the blinds then you stole $1.5. However, if you're on the button and there are 2 limpers who you have observed will play loose preflop but fold to pressure after the flop then you raise to $5. So one calls and one fold. Now the pot is $12.50. The flop comes and you bet $10. The remaining player folds. Here you stole $7.50 instead of $1.50.

But the short answer is typically 19 hand you don't need to steal. However, table stats matter. That's why I need to see your hand histories and know the table stats where you're playing. Without getting bad beats it's hard to drop 80BB with 19 hand. That's one of the powerful aspects of the system. It's about as safe as poker can be.