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Re-steals in the Short Stack Strategy

by darkzonk

Steals and re-steals are part of the Advanced SSS and one of the elements you can earn most money with. While the stealing behaviour is quite easy to learn, a lot of players are insecure when it comes to re-stealing and therefore often too tight. This quiz is supposed to help you develop a better understanding of ranges, so you can re-steal more actively in the future.

Good luck!

Question 1:

Which range approximately corresponds to the top 11% of all hands?





Question 2:

According to Standard Strategy, you re-steal with 88+, AJ+. What percentage does this correspond to?





Question 3:

How many card combinations exist in the three categories of suited, off-suit and paired hands? In other words, how many different card combinations are possible, that can form the same off-suit/suited/paired hand?




Question 4:

Your opponent steals with 88+, A9s+, KQs, AJo+, KQo. What percentage does this range correspond to?





Question 5:

Your opponent has an ATS of 13% from the BU. Can you profitably re-steal with 99 here?



Question 6:

You're in the BB and there is a good SSS player in the SB. He makes a 19BB Sklansky-Chubokov push. Which hand should you call with now?




Question 7:

Your opponent has an ATS of 18. Which is the weakest hand that you can re-steal with? (Let 18% be the following range here: 44+, A7s+, KTs+, QTs+, T9s,
A8o+, KTo+, QJo)





Question 8:

Good short stacks will only steal against you with 2.5 or 2 BB most of the time. Why is this less profitable for you?




Question 9:

0.25/0.5 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Stacks:
UTG+1 $50
UTG+2 $50
MP1 $10
MP2 $50
MP3 $50
CO $50
BU $50
SB $50 (ATS: 23% - corresponds to: 22+, A6s+, K9s+, Q9s+, JTs, T9s,
98s, A7o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo)
Hero $10

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, J
7 folds, SB raises
$1.50, Hero?

What should hero do here?




Question 10:

0.25/0.5 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Stacks:
UTG+1 $50
UTG+2 $50
MP1 $10
MP2 $50
MP3 $50
CO $50
BU $50 (ATS: 20% corresponds to: 44+, A7s+, K9s+, Q9s+, JTs, T9s,
A8o+, KTo+, QTo+)
SB $50 (Absolute fish – very high Foldto3bet)
Hero $10

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 9
6 folds , BU raises
$1.50, SB calls $1.50, Hero?

How should hero react?