After the hand ends, the other player gets the dealer button and is the small blind. Preflop Heads Up Play Playing the Button in Heads Up PokerĪ simple and straightforward explanation of who is a small blind in heads-up poker – a person who has the dealer button is the small blind. We risk 2.5bb – we already posted 0.5bb as small blind (SB) – to win 1.5bb. So a 2/4 Limit Hold'em game has a small blind of 1 and a big blind of 2. The size of the bets are determined by the limits of the game that you're playing and the small blind is nearly always half of the big blind. Let me remind you that the main goal in poker is to win the pot, and winning only the blinds with a random hand is a great result already. Making blind bets is known as posting and this is done before any cards are dealt. If we are on the BTN on an HU game, we have already invested half of the blind and can raise to 3 big blinds (bb) total and have a chance to win the pot immediately.
In HU, the player on the button (BTN) will play more hands compared to the button on 6max and full ring games. This is quite different from the 6max or full ring tables where small blind will always be first to act postflop, followed by the big blind. In Heads Up poker, the button acts first preflop and last postflop.
