Sort of Theory Post

[AdamBragar]

I dislike calling cause if you call here, I think you're going to get run over most of the time. Would you call here with AK? How do you proceed if he bets the turn? Are you hoping this hand gets checked down after the flop?

When I'm raising with A10 here, I don't necessarily expect I'm ahead. The hand range I'd likely put someone on would be:

Ax
AK, AQ, AJ, A10
pocket pair that doesn't create a set
set
2 pair

I think causes AQ and worse to fold. I'd expect a reraise from a set and 2 pair. AK might just call. Obviously if someone reraises, I'm folding.

If I figure any hand worse than A10 will fold, the question becomes, why wouldn't I raise with any 2 here?

One reason I orignally thought of is what Ezra pointed out, that with A10 I have outs, while with 27 I have none. But, I think a lot of the time I'm getting reraised here by 2 pair and I'm drawing dead to a set, the only hands I have outs against are hands I'm really looking to fold this flop (although, I doubt Ak folds this flop cause people usually play AK very stubbornly). I'd love to get more comments whether raising any 2 is valuable when bet into.