AA Deep vs 2p2er

[Paul Thomson]

this is tough given stack sizes and number of plalyers at the table.

Like you say, the villain probably has a wide reraising range here. So I'd tend to 4-bet the hand. However, now you're really defining your hand for the villain and also creating a very large pot that will be hard for you to get away from with an over-pair (...you're probably good enough to get away from this hand, but it's still going to suck). However, I don't necessarily like to play for pot control preflop when you have position the rest of the hand.

Here are two options:

CALL: And slow play it a little on most flops. Since the villain is a 2p2er, he'll lead the flop 95% of the time. As long as it's not a super-draw heavy flop, I'd probably call most flops. Then I'd hope the villain will lead most turns in which hero should raise and fold to a reraise.

RERAISE: I'd probably bet most flops and slow down for pot control if the villain calls.

PUSH It negates your positional advantage. But it's never a horrible option if the villain will call with KK this deep.