Two follow up questions....

This is less about the math here, and more about how villains respond to steals (or bets on any street for that matter): Just because we can raise more and technically remain profitable, should we always be raising more? I mean, if we can get away with a smaller raise and still remain profitable vs an opponent(s) -- as in the example above, or let's say on the flop when you can bet in amounts smaller than the pot -- wouldn't we rather risk less to win the same amount of $?

Also:


Let's say we look at this from the BB's perspective in dealing with a steal attempt from the Btn with the SB folding. How do we figure out the break even point when we're facing a bet (or a raise, or 3bet, etc.) and considering coming over the top? Assuming we have a ton of hands for villain's fold to resteal %, and assuming we always lose when they call, do we basically simply plug in the numbers to the same formula above?