Hand to Talk About

[Paluka]

I think that more blinds means you should tighten up your standards, not loosen them. Having more resistance more than outweighs the extra money. It should be obvious when you continue to add blinds. If 6 guys posted behind you, you don't raise it up with Q8o because of the extra blinds. I guess some might make the argument that the function is not linear- this could be the case because some hands play better multiway. With 6 blinds you might raise it up with 89s, but not with A7o. You can loosen up more in actual dead money situations like when people post a bb + a dead sb. The same concept works when you reduce blinds as well- on the button against just a big blind you can raise a lot of hands. You are against just one random hand plus you have position.
As for J9o, I think limping would be better than raising but I think I would fold.