When to start blind stealing?

[Steve Chase]

For PartyPoker tourneys (10/15 blinds, 1000 chips to start), at what blind level is worth to start stealing blinds? 50/100 ? 100/200?
Party does not have antes.

[-Oz-]

When to start blind stealing is more a function of your stack size (vs the blinds) than the overall structure.

In general, when the total pot represents around 10% of my stack, I start to look for opportunities. So if I still have around a starting stack, once the blinds reach 25-50 I'm thinking about it, and when they get to 50-100, I'm really thinking about it.

-Oz-

to me blind stealing is a function of my M (read Harrington -- its the ratio of your stack size to the blinds), and how the players from whom Ill be stealing play. Tight players are easier to steal from, but if you get called you could lose your entire stack. Loose players are best, especially if you have low M and need to double up, because they are more likely to call with weak hands. Another factor is the stack-size of the player from whom you are stealing.

It isnt really worth it to get involved in BS attempts when the blinds are small IMHO.

Yet another factor is your table image. If you have a tight solid image its much easier to get away with. If you have a lose image, its much riskier....

[Pat Southern]

Start when you get out of bed, dont stop until you go to sleep.

[MLG]

I steal blinds in my dreams.

[PokrLikeItsProse]

Blind stealing works best against medium stacks. Generally, I wait until the antes, but since there are no antes, I would consider waiting until there is some clear stratification of stack sizes so that you can tell who is a middle stack and how well they play that size stack.

[gobboboy]

25/50 is when all the truly wild people are about out... midway through that stage is when I start. Once you get to 50/100 it's smooth sailing.