Re: To cold call or raise?
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A 45/25 is opening with any pocket pair and I think more hands than this.
This is like a snap 3bet and you feel good about it.
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Adding more hands here isn't going to improve your equity much because you're going to be adding aces and the other pp as well as K9o, Q9o and Q8s. The thing about isolating a thinking, overaggressive LAG, with a hand that has marginal showdown value against his range, is that he's going to make it difficult for you heads up post-flop if you miss and he misses. If you cold-call you invite other players in, which keeps him more honest and adds some dead money to the pot. You also have good relative position when he auto continuation bets and you hit the flop. If you have a tight image however, then this could be a good raise because he'll fold some A high and pairs on scary boards.
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