The Big Blind Special

Aside from the hands you'd typically expect to see someone say you should play (AA, KK, AK, etc) the big blind can be a great place to play some really weird hands and yet still pick up a winner. Of course if someone starts betting big on the flop and you didn't connect with anything you should just fold. But if you caught something, well hey, time to run with it. The check raise can be very effective from this position.