1. Thats very low, try to do it more, it is an easy way to add to your winrate. For a comparison, my attempt to steal blinds is 32%, I wouldnt want to go much higher, but I also wouldnt want to go much lower.

2. Suited connecters are good hands to steal with, if nobody has entered the pot and you are in LP with a SC, I would raise. I also wouldnt play 85s or even 86s, but some people can play them profitably.

3. Mix it up a little bit, call raises from tight players with them and try to stack their overpair when you hit, call raises in multiway pots, etc. Calling raises with SCs isnt bad as long as you believe you will get paid off and are good at getting away from 2nd best hand.

4. At $25nl and lower this is true, at $50NL its still fairly true as well, but as you move up you need to start being harder to read. Its better to develop this early on as its not going to hurt your game and will only make the transitions up easier.

5. This Im still not very sure on, Im experimenting with opening up my own game. I will raise nearly any PP in LP unless Im in the HJ or CO and feel a call from CO or the button is likely [for low PPs] with only a few limpers. The more limpers, the more likely I am to limp behind with the lower pocket pairs, but it is much much easier to get a set paid off in a raised pot than an unraised one.


Im still very much a beginner, so I would appreciate if anybody would critique any of my thoughts.