Blockers and Unblockers: Practical Examples

Josef Rantamaki looks at what blockers are in poker and how to use them to your advantage when playing in cash games and tournaments

Blockers are important for either an amateur or a professional poker player for several reasons They're particularly useful for choosing the

poker clockwise Using Blockers to Bluff Selecting good blockers for bluffing is like selecting good bluff-catchers We want our opponent's folding range to be

poker a 5 carte Poker Definition of Blocker 1 One of your opponent's outs A card not in play because it is in a hand and therefore is not live in the deck 2 A type of bet