Hypothetical question

BigChrisEl

I saw this posted on another site and decided I would post it here:

Say you're 10-handed in a NLHE tournament, everyone with relatively even chip stacks, and you're sitting on the button. The small blind and big blind are both calling stations and haven't raised once all game. All 7 people ahead of you call the BB, and as the action comes to you, you mysteriously go blind before getting a chance to look at your cards. You have a photographic memory, though, so you remember which stacks of your chips are where; you don't need your eyes to stay in the hand.

Assuming you'll miraculously regain your eyesight post-flop, what do you do here?

Flint Bones

See a doctor?

GTA Poker

lol

...but not until the blinds get to you


.....more importantly ask for a wash of the button, if you're sitting on it I'd be concerned that that shit could be infectious

QueenNine

Easy raise.

Make the limpers pay, then fold on the flop if you still can't see.

Hork42

Do the other players know you are blind?

Should we assume deep stacks in relation to the pot?

Chugs

assuming i haven't given off a tell like standing up and yelling '%$#%$%#$% i can't see, i'm blind"

then i would Call.

The sb and bb are the only players remaining to act and unless they wake up to a monster are unlikely to raise. See (or don't) a cheap flop and take advantage of the button to guide your action

zero

Kinda reminds me of something Dan Negreanu said he used to do. While playing online he would put tape on the screen so he could never see his hole cards. Helped him learn about position.

Flint Bones

Mike Sexton reccomends that strategy as well. I've never tried it.

ReefAquarium

BigChrisEl wrote:

I saw this posted on another site and decided I would post it here:

Say you're 10-handed in a NLHE tournament, everyone with relatively even chip stacks, and you're sitting on the button. The small blind and big blind are both calling stations and haven't raised once all game. All 7 people ahead of you call the BB, and as the action comes to you, you mysteriously go blind before getting a chance to look at your cards. You have a photographic memory, though, so you remember which stacks of your chips are where; you don't need your eyes to stay in the hand.

Assuming you'll miraculously regain your eyesight post-flop, what do you do here?

Easy push all in. You want to bust out or win it now and go see a doctor.

Or if you want to play bet 20 big blinds.... blind :-)

Reefaquarium.

ScottyZ

I would call for time, feel my way over to the nearest library, feel my way over to the nearest librarian, ask for a Braille copy of "Reading Braille for Dummies", read it, go back and ask the librarian for books on advanced active and passive sonar techniques that might be of use while sitting at a poker table, read them, feel my way back over to the poker tournament, feel my way back to my seat, and resume my pre-flop decision making process.

Why make this elaborate pre-flop play? To find out where I'm at.

ScottyZ

stoneskn

zero wrote:

Kinda reminds me of something Dan Negreanu said he used to do. While playing online he would put tape on the screen so he could never see his hole cards. Helped him learn about position.

You know, I do this when the flop comes. I cover the screen with my hand, to see what the action is to me, so I can study the players. They actions are quick and nutty sometimes, but the flop cards will always be there, I can look at them later, when I'm ready to make a decision.

Hork42

stoneskn wrote:

You know, I do this when the flop comes. I cover the screen with my hand, to see what the action is to me, so I can study the players. They actions are quick and nutty sometimes, but the flop cards will always be there, I can look at them later, when I'm ready to make a decision.

Also, you wouldn't want to give off any tells to your opponents before it's your turn to act.

ddmilcan

are you wearing Dark Glasses? If so, don't go for your cane! If not Stare down the table one at a time, before calling!!!

Paul3221

Call. You've got position, and the pot is big enough to call with almost anything.