[woodguy]

Are you talking about a resteal push all in, or just a raise.....very important difference between the two.

My thing is to decide to resteal against a guy before the cards are dealt. You know who is opening too much, decide before the cards.

Good case in point. Live $1K tourney. An aggro guy would open UTG every single time because he knew the BB to be uber-tight. When I had about 15BB's and he had done it 3 times in a row, I thought..."Next time he does it I'm coming over the top", and the next time did he open UTG, I pushed XX he folded....etc.

Also, the SB is an excellent place to push all in over an over aggro raiser in LP because:

-you only have one unknown hand behind you to contend with so most of the time BB folds to your push easily (the times the BB wakes up with KK and pwn your your 92o suck, but its rare)

-it doesn't look like you are re-stealing as much and more credit for a hand because its not your BB.

Other random thoughts:

I try to resteal against a stack that I can hurt if he calls and loses, not a big stack

Cards never, ever matter if you are re-steal pushing. Its all about fold equity against someone raising light....the extra 5% you get from doing it with T9s instead of whatever you get dealt doesn't matter. Do it when the time is right. If the cards are right you are raising for value, not re-stealing.

Regards,
Woodguy