Resteals

[Sprayed]

Concept that I just picked-up from sheets, and I'm sure that it's been around a lot longer than him, is to look for spots to resteal when your stack is about 6x the original raiser's raise. In other words, if you shove over a raise and it's 6x his raise he/she will have a hard time calling without a very strong hand in fear of busting or being crippled. Thoughts?

[JeffreyGB]

You don't necessarily have to have stack sizes in that range. You just might not be shoving. IMO it has more to do with the player you're restealing against than it does your respective stack sizes (except in extreme cases [i.e. you're too short to have FE; they're the chip leader; etc.]).

[Sprayed]

Jeffrey, IYO how important are stack sizes when restealing? I understand what you are saying like when a habitual stealer from lp is raising a lot and you pop him. But, I was under the impression that 15bbs was when you should be looking to resteal and less normal stealing since you can't afford to be shoved upon. Is shoving 15bbs over a raise essentially the same thing as shoving 6x their raise?

[JeffreyGB]

It's usually closer to 5x their raise, but it accomplishes the same thing. Much below 15bb and you're only getting a fold if they have complete and utter garbage.

As I said above, I don't think stack sizes (assuming you have at least enough to make the reraise significant) matter a ton. You're right that you want to be reraising for value once you get below 15bb, as you'll get a much wider calling range. At aggressive tables, I tend to not steal as much these days at all. I'm either restealing or just playing for value. You make more than enough from the crazy-bad lags to just play for value if you adjust your value to their range.

Ex from last night (sure I lost the hand, but you can see the amount of equity I had against lag-boy):
Hand #43564215-177 at Sun5pm200-015 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 17/Jun/07 19:22:05

pensrback is at seat 0 with 3380.
cantraise is at seat 1 with 3560.
myran2 is at seat 2 with 8395.
soggyvag is at seat 3 with 2415.
capone62 is at seat 4 with 2115.
MavBo is at seat 5 with 12185.
FRKWHITE is at seat 6 with 7630.
BAGGY is at seat 7 with 6450.
ChrisX is at seat 8 with 11645.
filch is at seat 9 with 1705.
The button is at seat 3.

capone62 posts the small blind of 150.
MavBo posts the big blind of 300.

pensrback: -- --
cantraise: -- --
myran2: -- --
soggyvag: -- --
capone62: -- --
MavBo: Qc Ac
FRKWHITE: -- --
BAGGY: -- --
ChrisX: -- --
filch: -- --

Pre-flop:
FRKWHITE folds. BAGGY raises to 600. ChrisX folds.
filch folds. pensrback folds. cantraise folds.
myran2 folds. soggyvag folds. capone62 folds.
MavBo re-raises to 2300. BAGGY calls.

Flop (board: Kc 6s Qs):
MavBo bets 4750. BAGGY goes all-in for 4150. MavBo
is returned 600 (uncalled).

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
MavBo shows Qc Ac.
BAGGY shows 2s 4s.

Turn (board: Kc 6s Qs Qd):
(no action in this round)

River (board: Kc 6s Qs Qd 9s):
(no action in this round)

Showdown:
MavBo has Qc Ac Kc Qs Qd: three queens.
BAGGY has 2s 4s 6s Qs 9s: flush, queen high.

Hand #43564215-177 Summary:
BAGGY wins 13050 with flush, queen high.
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[Sprayed]

lol, that's horrible. I need to drop some cash over at UB.