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[QUOTE="zachvac, post: 1074472, member: 26306"]
People seem to have a misconception of cash games.

Think of it this way, if there were no blinds at all, would there be any reason to play any hand other than AA? The goal of the blinds is to create action, the primary reason we raise preflop is to steal the blinds. Obviously some people adjust to that by defending too lightly and we can counter-adjust by not stealing as much, but the primary purpose of the blinds is to give something to steal. Just because you can win big pots is irrelevant to the stealing of blinds. If you are playing good opponents they will not pay you off a ton when you hit huge hands, because all your raises are with good hands. Stealing more not only makes you more likely to steal blinds but also makes it more likely that players will pay you off more. Obviously if you're playing against players who never fold it's fine to just not steal a ton, but against decent players you should make a lot of your money in cash games from stealing.

I'm not qualified to comment on tourneys.
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