Stealing the blinds. The only purpose of the bet here is to steal the blinds and lower the stack size of my opponent. Eventually, she blinded out and I went on to win 1st here. The perfect time to do this is right before everyone is "in the money" or "on the bubble." You can blind steal at other times, but try to keep it to decent hands like suited connectors - ones you could play if there had been a raise - Daniel Negraneau does this sometimes but he also knows exactly what to do when he does and does not hit the flop... and it may change based on his read of his opponent. If you are a beginner... you can steal blinds on the bubble - good tournament strategy... but stay away from it at other times. Be attentive to other players doing this and watch how many times they raise on the button or right before... and you may catch them off guard if you slowplay some kings and trap them at the right time.