By Sasha
I suppose there is a library of advice that can be offered in regards to every poker play; however, the stealing blinds is a necessity in tournament play if you hope to build your stack towards the leader, and maintain a workable stack as the blinds increase and players decrease. The pre-flop re-steal is simply a re-raise based on an initial raise that someone has bet in an effort to steal the blinds. So if you were thinking it had something to do with robbing a bank with gymnastic ability the day after someone else robbed it, you’ve come to the wrong place.Often times in a game of No-Limit Texas Holdem, players will lose patience when they feel the looming blanket of desperation begin to wrap around their tournament run, or perhaps their cash game budget. They realize that they will need to make an effort at stealing blinds or they won’t have any blinds to offer. At this point, it’s not uncommon to see a player move all-in pre-flop, but in the case that they make an effort to simply raise and steal the blind, they are a prime target for a re-steal. If you are sitting further down the line, a re-raise will put the pressure on the remaining competitors; and if you happen to have posted the blind and sit on a strong pocket, it may be worthwhile to challenge the thief and retain your stack.

There are many strategies for most effectively utilizing a re-steal, but ultimately it comes down to reading opponents. The player with a stack that is smaller than yours might as well have a target on their back if they raise early; as much as they want to add the blinds to their dwindling stack, they’ve also got to think to protect. If they were remotely confident in what they were holding pre-flop, they would more than likely…  Read rest of article at Smoke Poker

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