You've gotten to see the flop for free, and might just flop a huge hand with two cards you otherwise might never have played.
One of the advantages to being the big blind is in a situation when the pot remains unraised. The big blind follows the small blind, which is put up by the first player to the left of the dealer. In games using a blind to put money in play, the big blind is generally equal to the lower amount of the stakes for that game. In Hold'em and Omaha, this is the mandatory bet required of the player to the left of the dealer. How you play the blinds, however, will have a large bearing on your success at the game. For Hold'em players the blinds are as unavoidable as death, taxes, and bad beats - just a consequence of life at the poker table.
