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Message: [QUOTE="clubsta, post: 1236534, member: 55309"] Well, small blind also means first to act after the flop, river, and turn, which means you're in worst position already (unless you're successful with betting/bluffing on the gun). Furthermore, if you don't really have a decent hand, you can catch top pair or something similar and fool yourself into thinking you have the best hand when someone else can beat you simply with a kicker. For instance, let's say you have J 2 off, and you call the blind and J 4 8 comes on the flop, you could loose a lot of chips calling raises thinking you have top pair, but someone else called the blinds with J 9. I guess you just have to be aware of that and make sure you read people well. It all depends on you and the other players, IMO. On the other hand, you can catch something like two pair, trips, straights, and flushes that people will have a hard time reading. I, personally, don't call as the small blind with bad hands. [/QUOTE]