Preflop Combos & BlockersĬombos and blockers exist both preflop and postflop. If you have the A♠ you make it impossible for your opponent to have A♠K♦.īut your A♠ only reduces the combinations of AA they could hold since your opponent could still make AA with A♥A♦, A♥A♣, and A♦A♣. Sometimes blockers make it totally impossible for a combo to exist, and other times a blocker may just reduce some combinations. What Are Blockers In Poker?īlockers are visible cards that reduce the number of combos of hands that would use that card. If you’ve heard of combinations, combinatorics, or any similar word – these are all the same thing. For instance, if you are counting the combos of AK suited, you can make that 4 different ways: A♥K♥ A♣K♣ A♠K♠ and A♦K♦ Let’s start by defining both of these terms: What Are Combos In Poker?Ĭombos count how many different ways a certain hand can be made.