Discussion: Reraise sizing.

[IowaSkinsFan]

An interesting concept I have come across in my game is reraise sizing, and how much you should actually vary them. Certain situation comes to mind.
1. You have AK and and a tagg raises UTG. We are Mp or Lp. You think his raising range is AJ+, 88+, and KQ. Now lets say his calling range to a 3.5x reraise is TT+, AQ+. Should we be reraising here if opp is not folding QQ-TT on low flops? Should we reraise less because of the lack of PP in his range?
2. Stacks sizes. Versus around 75BB stacks should we be reraising less or more in general when we are reraising? I can see arguements for more or less.
3. Balancing our reraising oop. We should never care to balance against laggs who are too loose in position (of course technically we are already balanced) right? Versus Lagg/Tag who are raising 30/40% on blind steals but folding to almost all reraises.
Do we balance OOP with i.e. only sc's?
4. Versus guys who are around 15 vpip and 9 pfr with tight reraising ranges, if we raise on CO and BU and 15/9 guy reraises us what is our calling range? Do we call here sometimes planning on bluffing some flops (I.E. Axx or QQx)


I'll start with this.

1. I normally "puss out" and call a lot in this situation. Recently I have been thinking maybe I should start raising a bit less than 3x. Prob a stupid idea. I really haven't had much success with standard raises.
2. Reraising more makes sense as it allows us to commit ourselves easier. Small makes sense too as he has way less implied odds. So idk
3. Versus opps with tighter calling ranges i tend to balance out with sc's.
4. Probably for me QQ-AA and AK. I maybe call with junk sometimes depending onreads.

[sauce123]

1. 3bet AK and C/R shove any flop not containing an ace or king Obviously! That's an exaggeration but what I'm saying is in this situation I normally would 3bet and I would make it a bigger 3bet than normal like 4x his raise. I'll lead out if a King
hits and I'll lead out half the time when an ace falls and check half the time. also depending on villain CR shove some flops and watch him fold QQ, its fun! Also double barrel shove some flops, specially queen or jack high ones. You should be firmly +ev here if u stay on your toes. Legit, its not that bad a strategy to just pretend you have AA and play it that way. I'm not kidding. Calling isn't terrible either, but I think 3betting is better, specially for metagame cause if ppl realize you arent 3betting AK ur done.

2. I would tighten up a little bit and raise a ton OOP, trying to get it all in on most flops. In position I would say raise to 3x his original raise or slightly less and take the std cbet line. This is very player dependent imo obviously but those r some very general thoughts. Though you should usually significantly tighten up your 3betting range vs 50-75 BB stacks.

3. I don't think 3betting light OOP vs lags is even close to the way to beat them. As a lag the thing I hate the most is being 3bet in position. So I mean, 3bet AJ+ 77+ against lags when they raise otb maybe, but nothing too out of line imo. I tend to re raise lags only for value OOP because trying to "out lag" a lag OOP is just kind of playing into their strategy which is to induce big mistakes for their smaller mistakes.

In position feel free to 3bet some lags with almost any two OTB when they raise from 2nd 3rd position, especially if you have a tight image and r confident in playing with them postflop. Again, don't overuse this play, but you should DEFINITELY be 3betting lags with 77+ AJ+ SC sometimes OTB imo. Unless they are the super aggro donk ones in which case just wait for a big hand and profit.

4. Your calling range is any pair if they are giving set odds and AK KK AA if they aren't. Also if they r of the "sucker em in" with AA and KK variety then call with anything pretty looking. The way to beat these super tight guys is just to not play with them and take advantage of their raises with drawing hands if they raise too small.

This is all kind of a complicated topic but thats a few thoughts off the top of my head.

Sauce.