Thoughts/Questions on restealing at small stakes

[lestic]

So,

I want to ask about how you make resteals. I play small stakes mtt:s, now mostly $11 ones.

It's usually very easy to spot steals and the people who steal blinds here, and resteals have worked for me, but I've also been getting burned because they'll call the reraise/shove with crap.
So should I tighten my resteal range a lot here? I've been trying to make resteals by reads, not cards.

Here's an example hand: (SB had raised my BB at twice earlier when folded to, and I had a read that he was raising big with weak hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $10+$1 Tournament, 800/1600 Blinds 150 Ante (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t29988)
UTG+1 (t19009)
MP1 (t28202)
MP2 (t1105)
CO (t18873)
Button (t141782)
SB (t110968)
Hero (BB) (t43592)

Hero's M: 12.11

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 7
6 folds, SB bets t8000, Hero bets 43592 (all-in), SB calls

Flop: (t17200) 3, 10, 6 (2 players)
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Turn: (t88084) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t88084) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t88084

Results:
SB had Q, 9 (one pair, Queens).
Hero had J, 7 (high card, King).
Outcome: SB won t88084

[mcatdog]

Well the first thing you can learn is to not resteal with J high from people who raise 5x the BB because they usually aren't folding, even if they have nothing.

And obviously your cards matter, why wouldn't you rather resteal with a hand that has decent equity vs their calling range than with a hand that has little equity?

[hopeful]

Villains range probably top 20%, to be a favourite you need KQs,A9s+,AJ+,99+. Not sure i would want to call off all my chips if i wasnt a favourite in this situation. If you no he isnt folding then why raise if you cant call the shove with good equity?

[lestic]

Villains range probably top 20%, to be a favourite you need KQs,A9s+,AJ+,99+. Not sure i would want to call off all my chips if i wasnt a favourite in this situation. If you no he isnt folding then why raise if you cant call the shove with good equity?

No no, I was trying to say that I was expecting him to fold, and was quite amazed that he called with such crap. Guess my read was wrong..

[fjuanl]

I tend to think its more effective when your shove actually puts the person all-in, or close to it. I also don't tend to resteal when someone raises 5x...as mcat says: they dont fold

[Fjaman]

i prefer to resteal from the sb against CO or button, thats something about sb-bb confrontations that make people totally nutso, with calls such as yours as a result

[revolvingiris]

Villains range probably top 20%, to be a favourite you need KQs,A9s+,AJ+,99+. Not sure i would want to call off all my chips if i wasnt a favourite in this situation. If you no he isnt folding then why raise if you cant call the shove with good equity?

No no, I was trying to say that I was expecting him to fold, and was quite amazed that he called with such crap. Guess my read was wrong..

At these levels don't "expect" anyone to do anything. The reason you want to have a decent equity hand when re-stealing is because of the hand you posted. Expect people to call more often and prepare yourself accordingly ( I just contradicted myself lol)...Also and especially! When you are re-stealing with your stack/life on the line. Try to have SOME showdown value.