If he knows that I know what he knows , 3rd level thinking..

[swolfe]

you're repping QQ or AA. if his PF reraising standards include JJ/AK or more, and if you think he'd lay down AA/KK to the big check-raise thinking that you wouldn't do that without QQ, then it's a good push.

the problem is that this is very read dependant and everyone who reads the post is going to give you crap for it.

[HoldEmKillah]

This is so so so bad (although I've done much worse [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]).

Pot is $840. Villian has to call $360. He's getting 2.3:1 after showing serious strength the whole way. Ugly.

I really think you are getting yourself into trouble by calling his reraise in the first place (and even raising with KQ in EP in the first place). You say the villain is semi-loose preflop, but what exactly do you mean? Does he call alot in position? Is he loose with his reraising standards. Most tricky loose players limp alot or call small raises preflop when in position because of their ability to outwit their opponents on later rounds; however, most of them have very tight reraising standards. These types of players get paid off on their reraises when people don't recognize the difference between these players raising and reraising. You were in the game, and I wasn't, but that reraise screams out AA, KK, or QQ to me. There's a chance of AK, AQ, JJ, or TT, but I would downplay those possibilities.

Given that, do you really think you can represent QQ by playing the hand the way you did? I don't think so, and as a result, I think you should cut your losses to the $60 that you used to call the reraise preflop.

I will say that, on the side, I like check raising these tricky, aggressive types in general because it usually makes them put the brakes on the extensive continuation betting.

Take Care,

Tony G