[dcultra]

depends....

all that is theory.

here is my edit: FOR ONLINE PLAY ONLY
i believe.. no matter what... if you are seeing 30+% on any table....
you've got a gambling problem and aren't playing to win.
(yes... 30% max your BB unraised to see the flop included)

most ppl "play" for the action...
many so-called prowannabe's (im one of them, err... use to be one of them)
think that bluffing and making value raises and seeing value hands...
is playing....
this IS playing.
but not for long term winning... that's just playing for action.

anyways... i believe 20-25% is acceptable... and i love it when i can take down
an SnG before bubble right at 20% to the flop.

for MTT, you'll end up averaging right at 25% if you make it to final 3 players.
(at least, my stats generally reflect this)

if i start seeing that im well over 30% after the first hour in any large field MTT....
i know im gonna run into something stooopid. or i have already done many
stoopid things and just got lucky to be in thus far.

FOR LIVE PLAY: purely depends on ppl and table.
cuz you get so much more information during a live game than online.
but if im not mistaken, my live action play is at most 25% and
my tourney is something like 10 percent seeing the flop.
(one time, i made final table out of 40 players in a live tourney having
played 5 hands before the final table - yeah.. go figure!)

ok... my 2 cents.