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SNG Basics: Restealing

• 31.06.2025 2:31 pm
• Helen
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In order for you to be classified as a successful sit and go player, you should be able to steal blinds. You know you have to make survival moves when you see the blinds going up. There are a lot of players who know the importance of stealing but very few actually know how to resteal with regularity.

It really is not hard to understand as stealing players normally raise with less that stellar holds. It is normal for them to fold in case there is a reraise, they are forced to forfeit their first raise and you get to win the raise as well as the blinds.

Knowing the best time to resteal can be the determinant with whether you win the "bracelet" or you being blinded off the money.

The perfect opponent

As simple as restealing seems, it is a rather complex concept. You need to ensure you use it on the right opponent and at the right time as well as in the right hand. The best opponent to resteal from is the aggressive stealer of blinds. It is easier to resteal from a good player that it is to steal from a bad player.

This is because, a good player will normally steal in late position and will not be willing to risk their chips is minor situations. In the case of bad players, can easily raise such as hand as after which they will call off ten BBs more as he will feel like he is pot committed. It is very hard for a good player to do this as he will know that he has been caught so he will mess his hand and proceed.

The winners are obvious

If you keep your eyes on the flow at the table, you will realize that the winners are easily known. You can tell decent sit and go players from the way they raise often on the button as well as cut off.

If you are a frequent sit and go player, it should not be hard for you to keep track of the players who often go deep. This is because most players have mastered the art of stealing but they do not realize that they are often re-stolen from.

Keep track of your image at the table

Your table image is important in all aspects of the game of poker. It becomes even more important during sit and go games.

You are bound to get caught in case you have often been raising as well as restealing from raisers in late position. You are going to be seen as a fanatic and will work their best to bust you.

If you want to keep this from happening, then it is important to change your speed. You need to know exactly how other players see you at the table as you will have players who will want to confront the bully at the table as other players will be pleased to see you being taken down.

You need to identify other images at the table as you avoid the bullies and punish the overseers.    

With this information, it will be easier for you to make your opponents fold more and lower the chances of them calling.

Re-shoving any two is hardly a good idea

In order for you to resteal, it means that you have a worse hand. This is because if you were to reraise with AA then it would not be considered a steal rather a value bet.

The whole idea of restealing revolves around an average hand. You reraise your opponent light raise in order to make him fold to make you win the pot. In this case, the value of your hand is irrelevant.

More often than not, is it a good ideal to re-shove on any two. This is because there are chances that you will be called and son when you decide to re-shove you must make sure that you have a back up hand. For instance: works best versus that the way a would fair.

It is true that your hope is on fold equity but it is equally important to have a back up hand in case you get called.

What you need to know on fold equity

You need to know that it would not make sense to resteal without ford equity as you are relying on it. If you find that you have no fold equity, then you should consider making a value bet. A resteal is an attempt on the pot, if you are against a pot committed opponent then you should know that they will not fold.

You need to get the sum of your reraise, your opponent's raise as well as the blinds, if your opponent has 2:1 odds or better, you should not resteal, you should fold and wait to get a better place to resteal.

You should always base your decision on stealing or restealing on fold equity. Combining restealing with your range will create you the perfect recipe to pot wins. Being able to successfully pull off a resteal will make you fell great about your play.

With the perfect spots against stealers and the above advice, you are bound to get more folds as opposed to calls.