Posting Behind the Button – Part 2 of 2

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In Posting Behind the Button – Part 1 of 2, I discussed how posting behind the button forces you to call raises much more loosely before the flop. You should even call raises with some hands you wouldn’t call with in an unraised pot.

In this part I will discuss one of your other options when someone raises your late position post — reraising.

Say you post behind the button. The first few players fold, and an aggressive player known to raise with a wide range of hands (particularly so when there is a late position post) raises. Everyone folds to you, and you have Q:heart:J:spade:.

If you hadn’t posted, you would probably fold. The raiser could have a lot of different hands, but many of those would still be better than queen-jack. Additionally, three players are yet to act, and one of them could wake up with a big hand.

But since you’ve posted, you usually shouldn’t fold. Your hand is too good and the pot too large to fold to someone who might well be taking a shot at your blind with something like ace-six, ten-eight suited, or pocket fours. So you must choose between calling and reraising.

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