Re: Stealing the blinds in NLHE
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Basically all the responses I've received thus far have been "you don't want to steal in NLHE with deep stacks."
My own opinion is that every dollar matters in poker.
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But, as others have alluded, blind stealing is not profitable. You'll be subjected to re-steals, end up having to play trash hands post-flop, and other bad stuff that's just not worth the benefit of the blinds.
As far as you altering your pre-flop raise amounts in order to accomodate (and mask) your blind steal attempts, that's just silly. You have the cart leading the horse there.
Yes, every dollar matters. But every dollar is relative. So while the $15 in blinds might be "important", the decision you make for the $1500 pot is 100 times more important. Concentrate on those.
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