[parttimepro]

That's my standard raise if it's folded to me on the button. I don't want to vary my raise size based on my hand, because that's a pretty obvious tell. If my standard raise is more than that, I either just win the blinds, or, worse, create really big pots only when I'm behind.

Yes, I'm giving any pocket pair odds to hit a set, but I'm reasonably confident that I will avoid going broke in most of those situations. If I want to price out set draws preflop, I have to raise to more than 10x BB.

At higher levels, players realize that the button frequently steals in this situation. Thus my preflop raise means only that I have 2 cards, and his reraise means only that he has 2 cards. At this level, that knowledge is not uniform. Thus I'm inclined to consider the reraise genuine and not a resteal. In any case, it's pretty bad play by BB to call my flop bet with nothing, so that strengthens my thinking that he's got me beat.