In this hand, if UTG reraises that is the third raise pf. If you are UTG and you have AA or KK are you happy with $15 pot here? If so you reraise pf and hope you get called but expect a fold and take your $15. You should do this if you feel you are up against a much better player. It is a principle of NL poker that the better your opponent is the sooner you want to get your money in when you are ahead.
If you know/feel you are the better player maybe you decide to trade a little edge for volume, get deceptive and just call. One of the advantages of playing small ball is for every street you remain ahead you increase your EV. Since you are never worse pf than tied with AA it can be very enticing to occasionally make this play, especially HU. There are other trade offs as well, when you do get beat you can often (though not always) save money over the early AI, for example. If you play often with the same people they will note your 'strange' play and you may win a pot or two down the road with a bluff after just calling a RR on the flop.
I think if I've got the QQ in this hand I certainly better at least consider the possibility my opponent has AA or KK. I know that often when I get a decent hand that means its impossible my opponent has a better hand. I'll find all the good reasons he'll 'make a play at me' with lesser hands while ignoring something simple like his reraise/bet actually means more strength than my hand.
I know that someone who has never folded a 'winner' probably doen't lay down nearly enough losers . I know I get dealt a lot more losers than winners.
I just want to note I've had my signature since I joined a month or two ago and it isn't meant to be a criticism of any person. It's coincidental the poster on the end of all the 'advice' and some flack just happens to call himself 'Aces'.....Welcome, btw.....sincerely...Statistics: Posted by Calaziar — Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:08 pm
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