ReRaises from Limpers

[Monty9]

Happy New Year all,

Hand from PP SnG. Blinds 15/30. All stacks are about avg. +/- 750.

Me on Button. One limper in mid postion.
I pick up AJs and raise to 95.
SB folds
BB calls
Limper reraises to 175.
I call, BB calls.

Flop: A, 9, 4 Raindbow.

BB checks
Limper bets 550.

Me????????

I know I got what I was looking for the A but the 550 scares me.
I thought I heard on this site that a preflop reraise from a limper usually means a big hand?

Whats my move here? and should I have folded preflop to the reraise?

[Fortune 500]

Oy. That's a tough one. Any reads? The only hands that might be pulling this (assuming non-donkitude) are AK, AQ, AA, and maybe KK... or a 99.

Your opponent left himself no room to get away from the hand, so he wants to take it all the way down. There's a chance you're ahead here, but it's pretty slim.

On balance, lacking any real read, I fold.

[MAX]

Do you think he'd reraise preflop w/A10 or worse? I doubt it. He could have kk, but I think you have to let that AJ go when you get reraised preflop. If you aren't comfortable calling on that flop then you shouldn't bother calling the reraise.

edit: It is a suspicous bet- most don't push ai w/AK on that flop (no draws), but I am still folding.

[Monty9]

I did fold and probably should have folded after the preflop reraise.

Now heres the funny part.

BB calls putting himself all in.

Turn and river are blanks. Limp/Raiser turns over 10,10 Arggggg.

Oh well, made a note on him and played on.

[stak14]

I wish you wouldn't have posted that! Because I was about to post that limp-reraiser could easily have qq jj or 1010, and then I would have looked like a genious when I was right.

Now I just look sad.

I probably fold there too btw.

[Aplomado]

This is four-handed, is it not? I don't think it's a sure-fire fold in that case. I think this situation is very read-dependent. If limper likes to get aggressive with a lot of hands, this is an instacall, in my opinion.

[ilikeaces86]

Unless someone has shown otherwise always assume that a limp re-raise equals the nuts i.e KK and AA. You should fold this PF

[KY_Ace]

Most of the time you're beat here, if you can't get away from the hand when you're outkicked, you should fold it pre-flop. It's OK to play AJ when you know you're up against a better hand, but you have to play it well. When you hit the J you should fold when you're up against QQ,KK & AA and bet for value when you're up against AK high, TT,99,88. When you hit the ace you have to fold when you're outkicked and bet for value against KK,QQ,JJ. AJ's a difficult hand to play and you need make good reads to make it worth playing. Once in a while you'll make a bad read, but a bad fold is a small mistake compared to a bad call.