“In a game without blinds, the sucker is the first guy to open without AA"

when ace-ace is not present, KK is pretty good. and both those hands are kinda rare, so even AK might be okay to open with. and so on and so forth.

as case in point, i rarely blind steal in cash games. if im button and its folded to me i:

1. raise good hands
2. limp weaker hands due to my positional advantage

i really dont see the point in making it 3x to go with J7 just to occasionally pick up 1.5 bets.