6 > M > 10

This is a gray area for me. Do you still make all-in moves? You can still raise 3x the blind and fold after a re-raise, but now your bets are much more callable.

Also, what would be the starting requirements? Any ace and and any pair is good for a raise?

What about when there are limpers, how good should your hand be?

[Aplomado]

You mean 6 < M < 10?

[ilikeaces86]

I hate M

[gabe]

there are no concrete answers.

[vqc]

If there are no antes yet, does counting in M help more than counting in BBs? (Yes i have read HoH2 so dont explain M to me)

M is good. It just adds to the general confusion.

[drmcboy]

It does for me, pre HOH days I was always misunderestimating how many orbits I had left.

To - sort of - answer the question it depends on the table. If 3x gets folds around, I' d stick with 3x and tighen up, because if someone comes over top you'll be priced in - I disagree when you say you can still fold here. Do the math and I think you'll see why.

If 3x is being called a lot, I'm in AI or fold more with a much wider variety of hands. Most people need a better hand to flat call 6-10x BB than they do to go over top of 3x, so you can move with more crap.

I hate M

Agreed.

There shouldn't be any solid set in stone plays you should make based on M (except completely obvious plays), it's all highly situational.

All-in steal of the blinds is pretty standard with M > 6
Oh snap look at that I made the thingies point the right way this time :O

But now is it worth doing 3xBB blind steals? That's all I want to know so far. Or is all-in still a better strategy?

[arkana]

All-in steal of the blinds is pretty standard with M > 6

Do you steal the blinds by pushing when your M is bigger than 6? Don't you mean when its smaller than 6, ie M < 6?

But now is it worth doing 3xBB blind steals? That's all I want to know so far. Or is all-in still a better strategy?

Yes, if someone comes over the top of your bet then you decide to call based on pot odds and likely holdings for your opponent. If your M is 6 then you probably cant fold no matter what you have but if your M is 10 then you can fold and still be in ok shape since you have about 15BBs. One exception is when the BB is a very loose player or a blinds defender then I might consider a push to maximise the fold equity if my M is at the lower end of this range.

[Chicago_Kid]

I hate M

Agreed.

There shouldn't be any solid set in stone plays you should make based on M (except completely obvious plays), it's all highly situational.

Yeah, M doesn't dictate play for me until I get to m=3-4. At that point I'm looking for the first first-in chance I can get to push. There are often very few hands at this time that you get folded to, so you need to gam-BOL when you get the chance.

I love it when I get M=6 cause I can gambool