Re: When to begin stealing??
Short answer: when you have the best hand or think they'll fold.
Long answer: I don't think it's giving away very much to say that if you raise to 45 from the SB to my BB on level 1, I'm folding way more times than you need to make it profitable. So is everyone else who is decent, so if you have reads, go with them.
Having said that, raising something like A9 from the CO in level 2 is both a steal and raising the probable best hand. At higher limits, this is clearly +EV. Lower down, don't bother.
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