[wackjob]

Obviously in all types of poker position is one of the most key components to how you play and what cards you play etc. Obviously with position we can play weaker hands and make different types of plays than we could when playing UTG.

Like many, I started playing Hold'em SH games and now I'm playing a lot of HI/LO 6-max, limit(mid stakes). In HE, especially SH, stealing is a key part of the winning players game. I would say I steal on average 80% of the time when I have position.

I have started applying a similar startegy in O8 -- stealing after it is folded to me in the CO or button with what most would consider marginal O8 hands(A34x, A5Kx, and worse) My main question is about the value in doing this. I find that so many more players limp in O8, call 2 or 3 cold, and play so very poorly that this *should be optimal, but *might not be.

When playing O8 live I rarely steal unless I only have 1 or 2 super tight opponents to get to fold PF.