Ok first of all forget the Nintendo discussion you have bigger problems. Did you think that just because you read that the situation gave you positive EV that it had to work every time, and now that it backfired you don't know what to think? Compare your stack to everyone elses. Were they all considerably healthy? If the BB was healthy you can't push everytime it folds to you in the SB. He'll get tired of it real quick and you better start showing up with hands. And your cards not mattering in a blind steal really is a rare situation. I think that's only true when you're shortstacked enough that you don't care if you're called because it's time to double or die. Had you not found a hand to push with when you weren't in the SB? If you played a single hand during this blind steal period in which you did not go all in that really shows weakness in your push from the SB. If you're willing to push with 9-2 from the SB then think about QJ from the button, or A9 UTG fourhanded. Surely in this time period you had something better than 9-2 to work with. If you have 10xbbs I don't see the point in stealing one BB. That gives you just one more rotation to pick up a hand basically. Don't get me wrong I steal BB's all the time, but I'm not gonna put my SnG on the line for one BB with 9-2, especially if I've already succeeded twice.