Black aces - TAG leads into me

[BlackRain]

My standard line here is raise the flop to $25, fold to a push by a TAG player.

xorbie, can you explain your reasoning on the smooth call line and why the flop re raise/fold to push line that I and a few others take is -EV? Thanks.

I didn't realize at first that this was zaphod's hand. It is interesting to compare them. However, I would argue that very few players at 100NL are capable of pushing with 87s there. Most will just call and define their hand for you. This is why a fold to a push is preferable at 100NL IMO.