Re: 6-max blind defense
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Essentially the problem here is if you are going in as too much of an underdog with a hand like T7s (a 35% equity hand) you are going to be hitting a lot of second/third pairs and will throw away a lot of money. 1/6 of the time an ace flops and you will often have to throw your hand away (even if you hit a T or a 7).
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Throwing away a hand like T8 on a ATx flop seems a little weak and bad play, in general. T7 against the assumed range of stealing hands pre-flop on that flop is a 55/45 dog, and you are risking 2.5 BB to win 7 BB, which means you would have to have at least 35% of a chance to make some sort of profit. Of course, if your opponent is predictable (ie: will not raise this flop w/o a hand that beats second pair, [censored] kicker) then you can dump it for less.
(However, your equity is much greater on a KTx flop (~60%) than a ATx flop, for obvious reasons).
-K
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