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Live $2-5 - Preflop short-stack reraising against a LAG to my right

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7:32 pm
August 3, 2008


AKQJ10

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I’m going to try doing a “hand history” a little bit differently.   Here’s a situation I was in last night, but I’m not going to state my hole cards at the start.   I’d like feedback on:

1. Is my general approach sound?
2. What range should I be looking to make this play with?

Situation
Horseshoe Tunica $2-5 No-limit hold ‘em

In general this game is pretty loose aggressive.   A couple of people are raising fairly often, but there are still a decent number of limped pots.

Like many $2-5 games, these players are more perceptive and reactive than $1-3 folks.   Many of them want to gamble, but if they see me playing as tight as in GSIHE they’ll know to fold and get out of the way.

I’ve been playing pretty tight, but I’ve picked up several good pocket pairs and shown them down.   I’ve blown through a couple of $200 min. buyins on “cooler” type unlucky hands that I certainly wasn’t going to get away from.

I’ve decided to target the player to my right.   He’s sitting on a stack of at least a couple thousand and is the most aggressive preflop, raising at least two times per orbit.   He seems to especially relish raising a bunch of limpers to something like $40 or $50 to go, when in late position or a blind.

I’ve decided that I can exploit this by reraising him with a certain range of hands.   My question here is, what should that range be.

Effective stack: I’m the shortest at the table with $225.

I’m UTG with ?? in the hole.

I limp, 4 other players limp, RHO in the BB raises to $50.   I reraise pretty big.

Just for the sake of argument, let’s suppose I make a pot-sized reraise to $175.  (I realize that most people would find leaving $50 behind to be stupid, but I don't think it makes a lot of difference.)   If you want to suggest that I vary the size of my reraise according to my hand, that’s fine too.

For what range, if any, is this a good play?

Additional long-winded discussion is on my blog.

8:39 pm
August 3, 2008


BTR

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If he's raising twice per orbit and it is a 10 handed game then he's raising ~20% of the time.   Let's assume it's the top 20%.  His average hand when rasing will be at the 10% range.  Before we 3 bet we want to make sure we're getting the best of it (best of it with fold equity would count too).  If he calls every time then our hand has to be in the top 10% to show a profit so 3 bet range would be AA-88 AKs-A9s AKo-AJo KQs-KTs KQo QJs-QTs

If he'll fold the worst 25% of his raising range we may have some additional steal leverage but we'll be taking the worst of it on average when called although pot odds may dictate that it's the still the correct move.  There's going to be a lot of dead money in the pot to compensate for taking slightly the worst of it.

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