good post. i was one of those who was saying reraise on the JJ and TT Bellagio hands (not push, thats suicide, altho ive been convinced that reraising is just a slower suicide in both cases).

you are exactly right, my instinct to reraise stems from wanting to find out where im at. But what does that stem from: fear to play on the flop in a situation where my read is not clearly defined.

MLG made a great post on the JJ hand where he said that if you reraise the UTG raiser, you allow him to play perfectly preflop. Folding hands that are behind yours, and raising/calling you with hands that beat you. I hadnt thought about this.

Also, you made a great point, LFT, that calling here masks your hand from UTG. Forget gathering info, your concerned with giving info (which is exactly what MLG was saying).

Thank you for the thoughtful responses.