Stealing blinds in cash games

[GaF]

How important is stealing blinds on (deep stacked) cash tables? My view has always been not to worry about either stealing blinds or defending my blinds in a deep stack scenario - I felt it was only important when short stacked (i.e. mostly in middle and late stage Tournament play) Two completely different sources in my recent reading have however looked to counter this opinion (with really developing the idea further)

PLAYING ON THE BUTTON ... Stealing the blinds is so important that you should be willing to raise almost every unopened button until the blinds adjust. And when they do' date=' simply tone it down a little then hammer them again once they have cooled off.[/quote'] I'm not disagreeing with raising almost every unopened button, but perhaps not convinced that the reason you do that is to steal blinds. I think your reasoning is instead to play a larger pot when you have position :unsure

[AJ]

Re: Stealing blinds in cash games I play only cash these days. Blind stealing is vital, keeps the cash ticking upwards, and gets you action when you hit. I'm always surprised at the number of people that feel the need to defend a blind against a 3 or 4 x BB raise, but will fold against a pot size bet on the flop. It's such a routine play for me