My opinions are actually a bit different than Chip's. I've been meaning to reply to this, but I keep forgetting, so I'll do it now. I'm actually going to add my answers on to Chips, so you can see the differences. I'll be Red Boy.
A) Do you even make this play? Yes.
Yes. Assuming you mean coming over the top of someone, regardless of your cards, when you think they are making a play.
B) How often? More than once per tourney
Probably less than Chip does. I really don't do this much, and almost never outside the blinds or on the button.
C) Against which player? The LAG that has shown he will fold to a reraise.
Yup. But also the guy who keeps attacking my blinds. I'm going to let him know early on that he's going to get played back at and my blinds aren't free for the taking.
Does it matter? Yes.
Agreed.
D) Sitting at which position?I prefer Late to the LAGs EP Raise. Although, EP works well also.
For me, I'd say I do this 50% of the time from the BB, 30% of the time from the SB and 20% of the time from the button (I love restealing from the CO when he tries to steal the blinds I want to steal). It is VERY rare that I do this from anywhere else, no matter how LAGgy my opponent is. It's just too risky that someone behind me will wake up with a real hand.
E) Against what type of stack sizes? Large vs Large.
Ideally, yes. It will also work when I'm large and he's medium, and in theory, you can do this when you are medium-small (not REALLY short, still dangerous enough to really put a dent in his stack) and he is only medium.
F) What's the reraise amount? Depends. (Pot-Pot+1/2)
All-in Depends or large bet Depends?
Definitely depends, but about the same as I'd be reraising if I was looking down at AA.
G) Does it matter what hand you hold? Sometimes yes, usually no.
If so what hand will you do it with? Any.
This is where we differ. I will NOT do this with any hand. I'll do it with something like 54s, sure, but I won't do it with J2o. Yuck. I need to be able to hit some sort of a flop, just in case.
H) If reraised back, call based on pot odds? If it won't cut my stack in half.
Depends entirely on the pot odds and how deep our stacks are. If I've got 10% of my stack in the middle already and he wants me to put another 10% in, that means I'm getting 3:1 and even if I fold on the flop, I'll still have 80% of my stack left, so I'm calling that every time. Note that this requires DEEP stacks.
When you're making this play....what are the key factors that influence you to make it.
Observing Victims previous play.
Of course. But there is one more very key factor too: My table image. If I've been playing a lot of pots, I won't even try this. If I've been card dead and have a tight image and have only shown down big hands, that's when this play works the best.
Lastly.... I think the main reason I don't make this play THAT MUCH is because as I've said 1000 times, I'd much rather play after the flop. I'm more likely to use those same restealing chips to just call MR. LAG's PFR and then pop him when he CB's the flop. That's just a more comfortable style for me, as I believe it's much harder for him to call me when he's only got 2 cards left to improve his hand and not five... This is still an important play to have in your arsenal, but I think that's probably why I don't do it as often as a lot of people do.
One last thing: The Re-resteal - Yeah, that's a play that is currently NOT in my bag of goodies. I just can't bring myself to do it. Maybe someday.
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