Re: 200/400 bellagio vs v good player
I like the way you played it, and your afterthoughts.
As to metagame, the only reason I could see for NOT playing it the way you did (I'm thinking mainly about your reraise on the turn, not the preflop reraise) is that if your hand gets shown down, it might get this particular opponent to start coming at you a little harder, a little more often. Or maybe even a lot harder, a lot more often. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing in your world. I don't know. But it is something you had a large amount of control over. If you two had evolved a non-spoken non-interference pact, it likely evolved because it was to your mutual benefit. In that case, this hand would/could be seen as a treaty-breaker. Then the blood flows, which is fine, as long as it's not yours!
As to what I would have done, well, I live a much simpler life than you do.
"The villain in the hand ... is the best player at the table."
I would have kept the peace by folding before the flop.
Tommy
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