[HesseJam]

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Put yourself in villain's shoes. Suppose you have something like A9 suited in the blind at 50/100. It folds to the button with 2000 chips who steal raises you. Do you feel more comfortable playing back at him with 1200 or with 2000?

If you wouldn't consider playing back with A9 suited, increase the hand strength a little.

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If i understood you correctly, you would prefer playing back with 1200, because if you get called and lose you lost only 1200 whereas if you resteal the pot the result would be the same.

I would be more happy to play with 2000 because if I get called and I win, I win 2000. If I lose the result would be the same (bust).

OTH, with A9s , I would be somewhat less likely to play back with 2000 than with 1200. But if I do as you propose and increase hand strength so that I would play back no matter what, I sure preferred playing with as much as possible up to the amount of villain's stack.