Im reading a NL book which I consider to be pretty good. There are some scenarios and hand quizzes. I disagree with the author on this one. What do you think?
Heres the given info..from the book.
It folds to you on the button. You raise to $20 with
[Qs] in a 2/5 game. The blinds are boht tight players. SB folds and the BB reraises to $75. You call.
Pot $150. Flop
[9d][3c]. BB checks. What do you do?
Author states that the guy will probably only reraise with AA / KK. He checks to you so you need to find out which one he has. Author says to bet $75. He wont call a pot sized bet or a $75 with KK so you might as well save the $75.
iceman5 says....if you narrow his hand down to AA / KK, why not check behind? Then you call the turn bet and fold the river if he fires again. Hes not going to fire the turn AND river with KK so you can call the turn fold the river with confidence. This way, you win more from KK (since he wouldve folded if you bet) and lose about the same amount to AA (assuming he bets $75 or so (which i think is fair to assume). if he also checks the turn to you, then you bet the $75. he might call the $75 with KK since you checked behind on the turn.
Whos more correct?
PS..you cant fold to the flop reraise which is what I would do since the BB is a tight player.