[Niediam]

Does anybody have any thoughts as to why suited hands seem to given a lot of weight in blind steal situations?

For example, the book suggest that in MP3 (two off the button) that the smallest kings that you open with are K7s and KJo. Obviously it's better if your hand is suited but it seems to me in a situation where you will probably see the flop headsup that having your kicker be 2-4 pips higher would be more beneficial that the flush potential.

I could see situations where this may not not be true where it's unlikely where you are dominated such as 87s being significantly better than T8o but where your high cards is in the A-Q range domination seems more likely since your opponents are of course more likely to play against you with big cards.