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In poker games, playing big blinds sometimes lead to interesting situation such as when a big blind player wins a hand with not very strong cards, his win attributed to the cause that before the flop none of his opponents raised or if they raised, the amount was not high enough. This condition is the big blind special. The logical outcome when a big blind player finds his hand weak is he folds. However, considering blind wager is a forced poker bet, if his opponents don’t raise before the flop, he can go to the flop round unchallenged where if he finds any chance to improve his hand, he remains in the game. Similarly if the raise preceding the flop round was insignificant, even then the pot odds of the player paying the big blind is favorable enough for him to go through the flop without folding straight away.

An illustration of the big blind special situation can explain how this happens. In a Texas hold ‘em poker game, the big blind player has a weak hand containing a 7 of diamonds and a 2 of spades. In the situation where most of his opponents fold and only one stays active and calls with a hand of an ace of hearts and a 4 of diamonds, the big blind player can check and take the game to the flop round. If the flop cards he receives are, say an ace of spades, a 7 of spades and a 2 of clubs, he now has a decent hand with top pair and is more likely to end up winning the hand than not. The big blind special is evidently more prominent and advantageous when it is one-to-one contest. Since big blind position changes with hands in play, the prospect of a player exploiting a big blind special situation is always high.