Any re-steal advice?

[Noel Montgomery]

What variables are most important when deciding to attempt a re-steal?

I'm trying to add this element to my game but have been hesitant to experiment with it as a misfire can be devastating in the late stages of a tourney.

An example of a re-steal working for me was when I was on the small blind with K8s (too loose for a re-steal?). There were about 25 players left out of ~400 in a $33 UB tourney. It's folded to the CO (I hadn't seen him open a hand yet, and we both had approximately 15x bb) who opens for 6x bb. I read this as a definite steal, since the bet seemed too large from a LP player to want action. This table most likely viewed me as TAG. I re-raised all in, and he folded. Was this correct? Was I lucky? Is there a range of hands you use for re-steals?

[sabre170]

Looks good to me.
The key to a resteal is to do it with a better hand than the stealer has. This is read dependent, and it looks like you had a good read.

Sabre170

[bruce]

That's not true.

You can resteal with any hand. The key is correctly putting
your opponent on a steal. Ideally I prefer restealing with
a hand where if I'm called I will not be dominated. Restealing
with A2 when your opponent calls with AQ puts you in a bind.

Bruce

[mrbaseball]

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Is there a range of hands you use for re-steals?

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My range for both steals and resteals is "any two". If he's not stealing and has a premium hand you are likely dominated anyway. The cards don't matter much when (re)stealing. You need a good enough read to figure he will lay them down and understand the pot equity enough to know if he should lay them down whatever they may be.