Couple of Questions

[willw9]

It folds to the CO, who is a complete unknown. It is his very first orbit, and he raises 4x the BB.

What do you do with:

A8s-AQs?
A9o-AQo?
22-99?

What if the raiser is on the button instead of in the CO?

[The White Rabbit]

We're SB/BB I assume? Something like this is standard for me:

AJs+: 3-bet
A8s-ATs: call
AQo+: 3-bet
AJo-: fold
22-77: call
88+: 3-bet

I don't adjust for CO vs. BTN with these hands.

[Vegas_VIP]

A8s and A9s I flat call.
A10s-AQs I re-raise to about 12bb.

A9o I muck.
A10o-AJoI call.

AQo-AKo- I re-raise to 12bb.

22-77 I call

88-99 I re-raise 12bb.

[Jay Riall]

Why reraise 88-99?

[Vegas_VIP]

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Why reraise 88-99?

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you dont think its profitable to do so?

[The White Rabbit]

Value and balance! If you're not 3-betting a hand as strong as 99, you're 3-betting range becomes either too tight or too weak.

[Vegas_VIP]

Thats true, I think in this instance as well 99 is a definate raise.

[willw9]

Sorry sorry, we are BB.

[orange]

i rr like 99+, usually cold call most other smaller pairs.

Axs i call alot, sometimes rr.

ATo/AJo are calls most times, though im not sure if its correct.

AQs/o+ are RR.

scs and the like- rr or call, though alot of times rr.

[willw9]

With the hands that we call with, we will connect with the flop roughly 1/3 times. How do we balance the 2 times we don't connect with the 1 time we do?

Keep in mind, villain is a complete unknown, and making moves on unknown SSNLers is generally -EV.