55: You try to pick off a steal here with JK?

[Karak567]

***** Hand History for Game 2839178895 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:16397636 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Friday, October 07, 00:32:25 EDT 2005
Table Table 10937 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: DarkoDonny ( $1015 )
Seat 3: lazy476 ( $1266 )
Seat 4: daaplaya ( $2529 )
Seat 7: melano ( $2111 )
Seat 8: KardonSeph ( $1689 )
Seat 10: polo2291 ( $1390 )
Trny:16397636 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to KardonSeph [ Js Kc ]
polo2291: nh....though
>You have options at Table 12327 Table!.
polo2291 folds.
DarkoDonny folds.
lazy476 folds.
daaplaya folds.
lazy476: all skill, lol
melano raises [426].
KardonSeph is all-In [1489]

[psyduck]

I like it unless villain has been tighter than usual or something.

[Mr_J]

Sure. KJ isn't bad, you probally have a good deal of FE, and you're probally creating a decent amount of future EV by showing him you're no pushover from the BB.

I'm not all that confident in my restealing maths so I wouldn't mind hearing what sort of ranges you guys would do it with.

[chisness]

without a read (i'd consider his raising once or twice earlier in the tourney a read enough) i'd just call

It depends on your read of course. If he knows how to fold, and is just trying to steal, you have a lot of fold equity, but there are guys calling your all-in with JTs there (it keeps happening at the $22's).

I would push if I thought he'd fold and/or if he has been raising so many hands that he probably has 86o. Otherwise I call I think.

[SammyKid11]

Interesting the people who say just calling seems like a good option. From my way of thinking, if I just call...I have to hit a king or jack to do anything. Big stack is more than likely going to bet any flop, and without a king or a jack (or, I suppose an open-end straight draw), I'm doing nothing with that flop.

Now, that's of course fine if all you're doing is calling off 1/20th of your stack. But here, Hero has to call off 1/7th of his stack to see the flop "cheaply." Then if the flop comes no K or J, he's folding.

Personally, I like the resteal here, and I think I'd likely use it often unless opponent is a true donkey (just ran into one whose calling range included Uno cards, and didn't learn my lesson ITM).

$.02