Re: Side question
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1) All aces except lower than A3o.
2) All of them
3) All, maybe not dueces.
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I cannot believe it is correct to autoraise the button with ace rag suited, or A4o+ after a MP limper. Similarly, I can't believe it is correct to raise small pairs in the same situation.
With small pairs, you're likely to be an undercard to the board in a 3-4 way pot. Even with your superior position, you can't outplay the field enough to make a button raise +EV.
W/r/t raising ace-rag, you're essentially playing with 1 card. If an ace hits the board, you're way ahead most times, so fine (though you wont get much action because of your preflop raise). Your sidecard is basically useless, and suffers from all of the problems that raising a small pair into a multiway field does.
I cant believe this is best practice TAG button play in this situation; it smells a lot more like LAG preflop under the mistaken belief that you can "outplay the competition"
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