[mjkidd]

jstill -- I don't know who you are, I'd love to know. You can PM me if you want to keep your screenname semi-private, or post here. I'll tell you what I think of you as well.

I usually reraise a hand like AJs PF, but decided to mix things up a bit. This guy was playing so aggressive I thought I'd try out a passive line, because he's going to very often fire 3 barrels with a crappy no pair. My "fold equity" comment in the OP I'll admit doesn't make alot of sense; what I was trying to say is that if I 3-bet this guy, he's raising my flop lead a lot, or trying to take it away on the turn. 3-betting and then leading the flop forces me to play a huge pot with an often unimproved AJ, because I can't trust this guy enough to fold if he shows aggression. Me taking a passive line makes the hand easier to play. And if I show aggression and he has garbage, even this guy will toss it, so I'm giving him a chance to bluff.

For those of you saying "just 3 bet the flop and bet the turn," I have no idea why you would do that. You have a ton of equity on the flop against his range; on the turn there is no question that your equity goes down when the Q hits. Also, what hands are we hoping he is calling our turn bet with? Any 2 broadway cards he has us beat, and there's a chance he won't value bet a hand like QT if we check. Does he really have a hand like 77 often enough for us to bet here? Sure, we have good equity on the turn, but it's nowhere near 50%. And if he hit his straight, we're going to have to pay off his raise.