Quote Originally Posted by johnyutah View Post
Think J-Slice has a pretty good explanation. I feel I complete SB too often with "what the hell, i might flop a boat". Sure, I might, but more often then not I'll end up with a weak pair and get too confident. Best to just let it slide unless you meet most of the requirements J-Slice suggests.
Yeah I feel that completing the small blind in general is a leak. Of course there are times where conditions can make it a profitable play, but those times are very rare. I use to do it far too often until I reviewed my database with a profitable mid stakes player and that was one of the first leaks he found, playing too wide in the blinds without a solid reason. I tightened up in the blinds and opened up more in LP and it had a positive effect on my BB/100. I also found myself in less tough spots post flop being OOP with a marginal hand.

I hear the same reasoning from poker friends (read poker fish lol) on why they are limping/completing the small blind with very marginal hands. "I have two suited cards, I could flop a flush!" Sure you can, but the odds of flopping a flush with any two suited hole cards is ~118-1. The odds of flopping a boat (using both hole cards) with a non-paired hand is ~1090-1, etc. The odds just aren't there to justify that as your sole reason for calling.

The odds of flopping a draw are much greater, but you have to know how you are going to play that draw profitably versus the different opponents in the hand. In regards to the OP, about playing in the blinds, it is going to make it very difficult to play a draw post flop having a positional disadvantage throughout the rest of the hand.