Re: Interesting AA post by Garland from medium stakes
"The original raiser should be releasing all of the aforementioned hands."
Should be. You never steal in this spot? You think he never thinks you're trying to steal in this spot? I haven't played a player yet (and I've played a ton of players) who do what they 'should do', even vs. very tight reraisers. "I'm bored, let's play" alone should put a 10% call frequency across the board for all of those hands. Every pocket pair that raised called the reraise (see: another active thread). If you agree this is true, and that your opponent doesn't attempt steal raises with underpairs on this flop, then you must agree that a bet has a positive expectation even if villain never gives action with a worse hand. But he will.
You're in a tricky spot on the turn if your opponent flat calls a bet. But check-folding this flop is undoubtedly wrong unless you know something specific (about preflop calling range or his flop action frequency w/different hands, i.e. he will only bet a set).
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