Online players in the habit of reviewing their stats in tracking programs are well familiar with how the later positions - the button, in particular - are often their most profitable, while the big blind is typically where they lose the most on average. Some get into trouble repeatedly calling raises from the small blind, dropping hand after hand as they struggle to negotiate playing from out of position postflop. Many poker hand stories with unhappy endings begin with the tellers in the small blind, an especially tricky position from which to play, especially for newer players. He continues: 'I'm in the small blind and look down at.'
The hand history begins with an opponent raising, and it folds to your friend. Since you're a good friend you listen, even willing to sit through a dreaded 'bad beat' story if necessary. A friend has busted from a tournament or lost a big pot in a cash game, and catches you shortly afterwards with an urge to give you a blow-by-blow account of his misfortune.
