Reraising pocket AA, KK, QQ, theory question????

[HoldenFoldem]

I really don't understand why we do this. At 50 and 100nl where i play most of the time, reraising will often fold the original raiser leaving you with a small return for your big hand.

Flat calling disguises your hand completely and you can often win a huge pot by doing this.

I am aware of other factors involved but would rather hear from you all first, in this discussion, so i will better understand the principles involved in playing these hands this way.

[cbboy]

IF they are folding to all your 3-bets here then you are either not 3-betting enough (so when you 3-bet your hand is pretty much face up) or they are playing really weak, which means you should 3-bet more to take advantage of this.

[HoldenFoldem]

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IF they are folding to all your 3-bets here then you are either not 3-betting enough (so when you 3-bet your hand is pretty much face up) or they are playing really weak, which means you should 3-bet more to take advantage of this.

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Ah, pay dirt already. I hadn't looked at it from this perspective. I do not reraise that often. Almost exclusively AK, AA, KK, and maybe AQ, JJ, 1010, if its the button raising first in. That does make my hand pretty transparent.

The question becomes "what other hands do i want to reraise with, that aren't probably weaker than the original raisers hand"

Are we talking 99, 88, KQs, AJs maybe?? I can't think of much else. Thoughts???

[mertzo]

Throw in some occasional SC. Just try things out, reraise alot of CO openings on the button if CO is loose, even with junk like KTs. People are often very thickheaded and wont adjust.

[HoldenFoldem]

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Throw in some occasional SC. Just try things out, reraise alot of CO openings on the button if CO is loose, even with junk like KTs. People are often very thickheaded and wont adjust.

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Yeah, of course J10s, 10,9s, QJs would be very good hands here. ty

[Jamougha]

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Are we talking 99, 88, KQs, AJs maybe?? I can't think of much else. Thoughts???

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If they're folding all the time then it doesn't matter what you have, does it?

[HoldenFoldem]

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Are we talking 99, 88, KQs, AJs maybe?? I can't think of much else. Thoughts???

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If they're folding all the time then it doesn't matter what you have, does it?

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At 50 nl they fold 75% i would say.
at 100 nl they fold about 60%. imo
Conversely at 200NL they don't fold much at all. Its really a dramatic difference.

I digress. I see your point. It really doesn't matter much what i am holding, if they fold to any reraise.

[Unknown Soldier]

this is a dumb thread (not trying to be a [censored], just want you to realise that not rr is really really bad). I could go over the numerous reasons, but come on op. Slow playing at ssnl??

[Lordy]

Start 3-betting light more. I get plenty of action on my big pairs and I have a rather tight image.

[HoldenFoldem]

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Start 3-betting light more. I get plenty of action on my big pairs and I have a rather tight image.

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Does this not overprice the cost of playing the light hand you are raising with? Perhaps do this by minraising $4 to 8 instead of $4 to $14 for instance, with 10,10 for example.