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	Steal (poker)
		In poker, the term steal is often used as merely a synonym for bluff, but there is a more specific use of the term which is also called an "ante steal" or "blind steal" (depending on whether the game being played uses antes or blinds).
		It is to raise with a hand less valuable than what might normally be considered a raising hand, with the hope that the few players remaining will not have a hand worth calling the raise, thereby winning the antes or blinds without further action.
		While steals like this don't win much money per hand, they can accumulate to considerable profit if the players to your left are passive enough to not contest many of your steals.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Poker___Steal.html (154 words)

	Poker Strategy
		Never play with nothing, although attempting to "steal" with nothing is fine as long as the steal has a decent chance of succeeding.
		As long as you don't steal against that player every single time, he won't try to find an excuse to play as is commonly the case with weak players.
		In addition, you should reraise with this hand against anyone raising in the steal position and you should raise yourself heads-up if your opponent is likely to check to you on fourth street thinking that you have a big pair in the hole.
	pokerstrategy.org /poker_strat/stud_3street.htm (3828 words)

	Texas Hold em - Texas Hold em Stealing Blinds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Poker players call you more in the early stages of a poker tournament because the blinds are low in relation to your poker stack size, so it is not very expensive to call your raise.
		Poker players want to protect their stacks and not gamble as much when it gets to this stage of the poker tournament.
		Knowing that other poker players are using this same strategy of stealing the blinds with just about any type of poker hand from late position enables you to resteal their steals.
	www.stealingblinds.com /texas-hold-em-stealing-blinds.htm (868 words)

	Stealing from Late Position
		The steal is also common on the flop when it checks around to you in last position.
		You might succeed in your steal 20% of the time, then you also need to be able to win 15% of the time when you're called.
		If you make a steal with a bad hand and he does call you, you again can't possibly be that big of a dog.
	www.cbloom.com /poker/book/300_steals.html (1167 words)

	Winning Online Poker
		Party Poker leads the way in availability of single-table tournaments, and has a bevy of games to choose from: limit, no-limit or pot-limit hold 'em, limit Omaha/8, limit 7-stud, and limit 7-stud/8.
		Poker is a very different game when it is seven-handed as opposed to ten-handed, or three-handed as opposed to four-handed.
		Only play to grind the opponents down if they are really letting you steal their blinds almost every hand, because the blinds are so big by now that you really aren't losing that much just pushing in.
	www.winningonlinepoker.com /sng.htm (3834 words)

	Stealing Blinds - Online Poker Forums
		Generally you want to steal blinds when tighter players are in the blinds and you don't have a lot of players to act behind you.
		Stealing blinds when they are very low is not profitable at all, adding another 30-75 chips to your stack through risking 80-200 chips simply isn't a good idea.
		Remember stealing is only a good move when you're in late postition and it's either folded around to you or the pot is unraised, and the blinds/limpers are playing relatively tightly.
	www.cardschat.com /showthread.php?t=60817 (791 words)

	United Poker Forum -> lots of 6ths
		Remember who the tight players are, and don't try to steal against the big stacks, or (ironically) the very low stacks who have most of their chips in the blind and will call regardless of their cards.
		Steal medium stack blinds because they can afford to lose the blind, but can't afford to double you up like the big stack(s) can.
		I do pay attention to stack sized and try not to steal from the big stacks (which sucks sometimes because for awhile there they seemed like they were ALWAYS on my left) and try not to steal from short stacks because they are just waiting to throw the rest of their chips in.
	www.unitedpokerforum.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=25580 (3243 words)

	The Poker Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Stealing blinds from late position works better than from early position for one simple reason: there are fewer players to act behind you.
		If you are trying to steal the blinds from first position, at a nine-handed table, it means you'd have to get by eight other players, hoping none of them pick up a hand worthy of a call.
		It should be easier for you to steal blinds with a tight image, but you don't want to over do it, because you'd be risking your image.
	pokergazette.com /simpnews/singlenews.php?lang=en&layout=def&category=1&newsnr=2098 (734 words)

	Poker Strategy
		Definition of Stealing the Ante: completing the bet on third street when noone has entered the pot, usually in mid-late position, in hopes of collecting the ante, with a hand that you would otherwise not play at all.
		This chance is minute but your steal attempt is guarenteed to fail if this is the case and you will most likely be unable to improve enough to continue playing beyond fourth street.
		If you are raising the $1 bring-in to $3 as a steal, you must be successful more than 3/4 times (since you are betting $3 to win $4) in order for it to be correct.
	pokerstrategy.org /poker_articles/article4_stealing.htm (994 words)

	Steal (poker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To steal is to raise with a hand less valuable than what might normally be considered a raising hand, with the hope that the few players remaining will not have a hand worth calling the raise, thereby winning the antes or blinds without further action.
		Steals happen most often in tournaments due to the escalating ante/blind structure.
		Of course, skilled players will recognize repeated steal plays and frequently reraise for defense.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steal_(poker) (199 words)

	Poker Pages: Poker Articles: Players' Pages
		Poker players steal too, and not only blinds, but moves, styles, and plays.
		The original steal is from Herbert O. Yardley's book The Education of A Poker Player (the best poker book out there).
		The reason I could not come up with a better title is that I am in Poker School (Pokerschoolonline-a part of pokerpages.com), and I am trying to become a winning tournament player.
	www.pokerpages.com /articles/players/randy-glover01.htm (1294 words)

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		The twin tyrants, Party Poker and Poker Stars shall rule this underworld, and tempt even the most righteous soul with their astounding payouts, no mortal shall resist the lure of the evil twins and their treacherous ways.
		Beware the hand of the joker, it is not as it seems, he is of the devil's blood, do not attempt to bluff him or test his might, many lay by the wayside, their dreams shattered by the hands of this sinister foe.
	holypoker.tripod.com (353 words)

	The Poker Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		What they are referring to is when a player who is holding a junk hand raises before the flop, in the hopes of winning the blinds and antes without a fight.
		They know full well that you are stealing their blinds, but can't do anything about it.
		Again, you need to focus on whose blinds should you steal, what seat you're in, whether opponents see you as a thief and how much ammunition you have.
	pokergazette.com /simpnews/singlenews.php?lang=en&layout=def&category=1&newsnr=1490 (738 words)

	Poker Player Home Page :: Articles :: Stealing
		The need to steal antes from the button is a well known strategy....so well known that a savvy player in the small blind may well re-raise to knock out the big blind and attempt to re-steal from the button.
		Another steal tactic which is becoming more common is to steal from an earlier position such as the cut off seat.
		Another critical aspect of stealing success is to be aware of both your chip position and the chip position of the players whose chips you are attempting to abscond with.
	www.pokerplayernewspaper.com /viewarticle.php?id=1344 (718 words)

	Poker Pages: Poker Articles: Defending Against a Habitual Steal Raiser
		Their thought is naturally "Hey, nobody is in yet, maybe I can steal the blinds." Another characteristic which will be in 90% - 95% of all of these players is that they feel they are required to bet the flop after raising preflop, regardless of whether they hit or not.
		If you decide to try and steal from an SAP on an all rags flop, he probably won't go away so easily and you'll have to fire a bet on every street and hope he can't call on the river.
		The classic "Steal Flop" is one containing two rags and one large overcard which you can represent with your bluff.
	www.pokerpages.com /articles/archives/nick-eisel08.htm (2791 words)

	Poker Online Guru
		Another reason for loosening up when the ante is comparatively high is that if you are playing too tight, it becomes correct for other players to try to steal the ante from you without any kind of a hand.
		When they were the only players in the pot, you knew you could try to steal the antes, no matter what you had.
		In other words, if a player is getting 8-to-1 odds or 10-to-1 odds on that first round, it is worth it for him to come in and hope to catch a perfect card on the next round - even when he is pretty sure you are slow playing a big hand.
	www.pokeronlineguru.com /about-poker/large-antes.htm (675 words)

	Steal This Pot - Poker Bluffs and Bluffing
		Steal This Pot - Poker Bluffs and Bluffing
		Previously I wrote about how a great deal of an excellent poker player's profit comes from "cunning, fraud and flight." Those are the three means Paul Goodman said young men could use to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
		Perhaps the two worst bluffs in poker are to bluff when you have low cards showing in Stud8, and to bluff in Lowball when the big blind draws two and you draw one in last position, head-up.
	www.playwinningpoker.com /articles/00/13.html (772 words)

	Theorem of Blind Stealing in Single Table Tournaments
		I think this theorem of blind stealing can improve your late game along these numbers (depending on your existing skill level), so it is a very deadly weapon.
		Blind stealing and folding equity are often used in conjuction, because blind stealing is all about picking up the blinds by forcing your opponents to fold.
		ICM applies to the theorem of blind stealing, because from reading this article, you may get the idea to push in every single situation where you are heads-up with the BB.
	www.tightpoker.com /tournaments/theorem_blind_stealing.html (2500 words)

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	PokerGreed's Poker Blog - Lie, Cheat, And Steal
		Poker must be the only facet of life in which lying and stealing are not only accepted as norms, but are also an integral part of being a winning player.
		Stealing blinds are a vital play in almost any tournament.
		Stealing blinds and bluffing it out depends a lot of how the other person plays, and where you are at in relation to that person as well.
	www.pokergreed.com /archives/000108lie_cheat_and_steal.html (1532 words)

	Stealing the blinds in limit - PokerForums.org
		The first hand isn't a "steal" in the sense that I had good cards, but it is a steal in the sense that I overplayed the hand because I was in "steal mode".
		you should only be stealing with decent hands, not 74o because people do call and then you dont have to waste a bunch of money trying to make them fold like you did in hand 2.
		You don't want to stick out when stealing, you need to let a couple go after you have tried to steal a few, make them think you are actually selective in your hands.
	www.pokerforums.org /showthread.php?t=7248 (1194 words)

	PokerTips.org - Poker Strategy - Advanced No-Limit STTs
		In reality, players should be looking for as many opportunities as possible to steal the blinds.
		It is almost impossible to steal the blinds if your stack is only twice the big blind since it is very likely that at least one of the blinds will call your all-in.
		To be able to have a good chance at stealing the blinds, your stack needs to be at least 3X the big blind, preferably at least 4X the big blind.
	www.pokertips.org /strategy/adv-stt-nl.php (920 words)

	Stud Strategy - Poker Paradoxes \| Poker Strategy
		Writers fill their pages with standard bromides like "self control is one of the most important parts of a winning game" or "it's not how big your stack is when you start the game that's important -- it's what you walk away from the table with that counts".
		I figured that with a bunch of folds in a row, my image as a tight player would be secure – and then I could more readily steal – something that I've found very profitable at $20/40 when the ante and forced bet represent a fairly large percentage of the initial bet of $20.
		It would be better, I suppose, if my poker paradox ended up with a sweet victory on my part.
	www.pokernews.com /strategy/stud-poker-paradoxes.htm (949 words)

	The Poker Chronicles: Propping, and the O'Reilly Factor For Kids
		I've found myself typing online banking passwords into poker chats before because of that, not to mention all sorts of gibberish from IM conversations.
		Poker Stars steals chat focus it and it's the main reason that I don't play there.
		There has to be a reason why these poker sites arent making good software and I think the main factor is their apathy.
	www.thepokerchronicles.com /archives/000682.html (1152 words)

	table image - Online Poker Forums
		if you have a tight image, you might be able to steal more pots, but you won't get paid off as often when you have the best hand.
		The mistake the overly tight players make is that they never use this well built image to steal any pots or win with less than perfect cards.
		a tight table image to me is best...you can steal alot of pots that way without showing...its hard to have the best hand all the time..
	www.cardschat.com /showthread.php?t=60428 (875 words)

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