Blind resteal - better to wait until flop?

[Shorty35]

From last nights Party $100. Button has been very aggressive; although has generally been good at picking his spots. Before the action got to me; I had concluded that I would come over him if he tried to take my blind again.

Should I have waited for the flop before pushing?

What factors go into your thinking as to whether pre- or post- flop is the right time to make a move?

A related question -- we are about 1 hour into the tournament (just about to hit the 50/100 blind level); is it still too early for me to be playing this way to "send a message"?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (10 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB (t4625)
UTG (t2715)
UTG+1 (t2790)
UTG+2 (t975)
MP1 (t1925)
MP2 (t1270)
MP3 (t1085)
CO (t2565)
<font color="#C00000">Button (t2350)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t980)</font>

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t200</font>, Hero calls [t980] t25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button ?

Results to come.

[CardSharpCook]

you don't have that many chips, and you don't want to go to a flop with this hand. Resteal now. You have FE and KQ should do alright against most BS hands.

CSC

[Shorty35]

yup. That's what I did. villan showed TT and I lost the race.

I dont regret the move at all -- just wonder if I could have gained fold equity pushing on the flop. A resteal-n-go.

[CardSharpCook]

interesting proposal. Does the SB have more FE going AI agaisnt a PFR PF, or AF (random, unknown flop). Very interesting. I'd love to hear thoughts on this.

CSC

[Shorty35]

bump. Blind resteal of button - better pre or post flop?