My point was that unless your ep players are completely without understanding of the game, it is best to credit them with decent hands when they limp. Decent = "I'm calling/raising that pretty obvious steal." I generally don't try a steal when UTG or UTG+1 is in. They seem to call more often than they fold, and then you have a whole new set of problems.

On the other hand, when one or two LP players have limped, a steal like the one you pulled here can pay off.

Even more fun is when you are on the button and CO is 1st in and brings it for a raise--if he's the sort to steal or make a positional raise, reraising CO often works (and virtually guarantees that the blinds will fold out unless they have a seriously legitimate hand that can stand cold calling a raise and a reraise).

Long answer, sorry. I just think these other plays have been more +EV for me than stealing when UTG and UTG+1 have limped.