What to do with the pre-flop re-raise?

Originally Posted by Ayce

Do you also raise big PP by the same amount? This type of raise looks like a moderately good but not powerful hand, which is exactly what you have. An aggressive player will reraise to put you to the test and is likely to raise on almost all flops, this is particularly true if you have just entered the game.

I suggest you flat call with AQ in early position when you are new to a table, but I have a tendency to be weak tight. An aggressive player is likely to make a 4BB raise and then either reraise a single raiser or fold.

To me much depends on the action. I change up my standard raises depending on how the table is playing. The purpose of the raise is to get into pots with two or three players max, so I do what I have to in order for that to happen. At a tight table I raise most of my good hands 2 or 3x BB. At a loose table where too many are calling raises like that, I'll bump it up to 5x BB. The raise is standard so I raise that much with any good hand, AQ or better. I also will raise bigger in late position if too many have limped in, and I will throw in change-ups (limp a good hand from early position hoping to re-raise, or flat call someone else's raise; min-raise UTG with anything just to see what happens; raise my standard amount with what is not normally a raising hand for me, like a mid pocket pair).