Small Blind Size

[Anosmic]

I was wondering what you guys think about the size of the small blind in relation to what you call with.

It's probably only an issue at $25NL where the size of the blinds are odd.

But on Paradise $25NL the SB is $0.10 and on Cryptologic it's $0.15.
One of those is less than 50% of the BB and the other is more.

How would that affect the decision about when to complete?

[andy-akb]

In all honesty, I dont think at these levels its going to make much of a difference and I wouldnt change my ranges based on that. I suck at the mathematical aspect of calculating EV and all that and rely more on intuition through reading posts and playing a ton of hands to determine my play. However, if you want to get mathematical about it, you would play more hands since you have more already committed making your immediate odds better. How much more? Im really not sure, but Im sure somebody could figure out something thats fairly accurate. For general purposes though, I wouldnt worry about it and dont think you are really sacrificing much EV by not adjusting to it.

[TLR]

Strictly mathematically speaking , assuming BB never raises and everyone else folded:
with .10/.25 blind structure you have to put in .15 to win .35, giving you 1:2.33 pot odds, which merits call with most decent hands to make it EV+

with .15/0.25 you have to put in .1 to win .40, 1:4 pot odds, merits call with any 2 cards

[TerryToma]

i used to complete a whole lot more with .15c small blinds.. its a good practice for playing OOP/multiway unraised pots..

another thing to keep in mind is the % seeing flop is probably a bit higher in the .15/.25 game vs .10/.25..

[Jimmy Mac]

As other people have pointed out, in NL, it's less about the current pot odds on offer, and more about the really crappy reverse implied odds when holding bad cards in the worst position.