[levAA]

hand as posted is standard

i don't think it's easy to answer your general questions, cause all this depends too much on table dynamics.

basically i don't make very much difference between before and short after the bubble - i have a pretty wide opening range and try to steal/resteal as much as possible.

while some of the players get a little looser after the bubble bursts - most of them keep tight (cause of the payout structure, where you need to get one of the first places to make money).

the real difference in stack sizes is the action you are looking for - steal and resteal.

bond has written a very good thread about stack-sizes, i'm sure you can find it.

4BB and more is mostly only a good opening ammount at the beginning af a tourney - but here you can vary much more like in a cash game - in the middle stage opening 3xBB is mostly standard and in the late stage usually about 2.5xBB - but all this is of course only very gross