When you are in the blinds you have to act first. So you have to add that in to the equation. There are times I hate acting first. Some times I like it. For example if I am in the BB with AQ. Well I am only going to hit this flop 30% of the time. So I actually prefer this hand from the BB. This way I come out betting if I hit the flop or not. I can put the pressure on my opponents. If I miss the flop from the Button and two people bet in front of me, well I probably have to give the pot up. Another time I like being in the BB is when I have a hand like 10-10 or 99. I don’t like raising upfront to much with these hands maybe 2 to 3 x the bb. But In the blinds I will bump it up to 5 to 6x the BB. My fear of raising big with this hand in early or mid position is that some body may just call with a hand like JJ or QQ.