Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

6handed today. We have 100BB stacks and the opponent just sat down, but I knew he is a good player.

I have AA UTG and raise it to 4BB button reraises to 12BB, others fold it back to me.

I hate pretty much every option here, reraising limits my hand too much and don't like slowplaying here.

Thoughts?

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

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I hate pretty much every option here, reraising limits my hand too much and don't like slowplaying here.
Thoughts?

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well, there is always the fold.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

I re-raise enough so that all I have left is a PSB for the flop. I do not slow-play AA/KK OOP. If you were on the button and he re-raised you from the blinds I like the cold-call.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

Pushhhhhhhhhhhh....but I would typically reraise to like 36BBs and push the flop. In both cases let's hope he calls with KK and we double up.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

3 betting AA here sucks, allows your opponnent to play perfect poker unless he's an idiot. Only time I 3bet is if I think it won't be HU. Lead the flop right into him and the hand plays itself from there.

Deeper stacks, re-raise for sure, your 100BB's here. It's ok to slow play now and then. You are going to stack your opponnent far more often than he is going to stack you, play the odds.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

Call the re-raise.

Lead 3-bet or C/R all in on most flops.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

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Call the re-raise.

Lead 3-bet or C/R all in on most flops.

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yes.

whether to lead or check-raise is stack/opponent/board dependant.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

There really isn't a right answer.

With KK I think it is a clear call.

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

Calling is crazy. You're out of position and he barely has more than 10% of his stack in the pot. There are tons of ways that he can end up getting away very cheaply postflop but if he outflops you there's not much you can do to get away. If he knows how to fold KK preflop then he surely knows how to fold it postflop too when needed.

This is also terrible in the grand scheme of things because in the future he knows that he can get away with reraising you with a wide range of hands and still get a flop with them. How would you feel when he's making this move with 77 or 98s, knowing he can either get you to fold, or get a chance to stack your big pair?

Re: Preflop: raise aces gets reraised, what now?
 

Just make it 30bbs total. If he calls and is a reasonable player, you know that he almost definitely has KK or QQ. By just smooth calling you are left guessing from a much wider range of hands.