Re: Re-stealing
I have the most success in this area against players who vary the size of their opening raises according to their strength and position. For example, some players open for a small raise from EP or EMP with hands that cannot stand a re-raise - like AT,KQ,55,etc. Assuming that Villian will in fact fold to a re-raise (pay attention!) you can try popping him from LP or the blinds with a hand like 87s, for example. In fact, once the size of the raise puts Villian on that range, a hand like 87s is probably still 40% to win. Therefore, Villian need only fold a relatively small amount of the time to make you a favorite to take down the pot. Another example that I can think of are those super-aggressive players who will stick in a raise with a huge range when it is folded around to them in LP. I'll sometimes stick in a decent RR with anything decent.
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