[mikech]

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reraise preflop is mandatory. mandatory.


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I'm not saying reraising is not the best option. It probably is. We know we've got the best hand and should probably make villian pay.

But there are some definite down sides. We're defining our hand against an opponent who's not gonna fold, is in position, and plays relatively well post flop. And we're building a big pot with a hand that's very difficult to play out of position (especially against this type of opponent). I think calling pre-flop is a valid option....Please discuss

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you summed up a lot of my thoughts wrt my pf decision here. against most ppl i reraise, but against a good thinking lag i think it's a bad spot to do so, esp with 430bb stacks. i'd rather reraise here with 86s than with JJ.

but if my preflop intent was to play a smaller pot with a difficult hand oop, i then went ahead and built a big one postflop anyhow...so, yeah, i butchered this hand.