Blockers Flashcards
What is a blocker card?
A known card that reduces the combinations of a specific hand. Because there’s only one of each rank+suit in the deck, you make it impossible for your opponents to hold hands that usethat card.
What is the relationship between combos and blockers?
Blockers are super important PREFLOP because they reduce the combos of monster starting hands.
Example: say you hold Ac5c. It reduces the combinations of AA or AK your opponent can have.
What is the 6, 3, 1, 0 rule?
APPLIES TO POCKET PAIR COMBOS
There are 6 combos with zero blockers, 3 combos if there is a single blocker, 1 combo if there are two blockers, and zero combos if there are three blockers
Example: if you hold 77, you block zero kings, so your opponent can have all 6 combos of KK.
If you hold 78s, they can only have three combos of 88.
If you hold AA, there is only one combo of AA left.
