Postby Garth Kay » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:24 am
To be honest if I was sitting on that table and I saw a rr of that magnitude my instant thought is, player is shit scared if playing this hand.
So my whole range for this player is JJ up.
JJ because everyone hates playing them and the majority of NPL players have no idea how to play them, they see pocket pair paint and think great, awesome let's pick up trips when you really need to treat them as a mid range pocket pair.
That reraise also smacks of someone who is sitting on KK or AA and is extremely worries about having his/her high pockets cracked by a marginal hand so hence the extremely huge re raise, it also says, subconciously, that I am committing myself to this pot and therefore right now there is only one play for me post flop and that is all in.
Where most seasoned players don't mind re raising here to a 3x re raise; they don't mind picking up an additional caller, because they are confident in their post flop play and reads. And also to protect themselves if they do hit a situation of monster vs monster.
I am willing to value raise here and watch the action pending, if I get four or five callers and the flop falls very draw heavy then I am more tempted to check call that flop, or at least value bet and see what action follows.
And lastly what happens when you commit yourself to the pot with KK and QQ, have a monster stack calling station to your left who is known to call down with any A and that flop falls A, rag, rag. Are you willing to commit yourself further? Are you willing to fold on that flop? What do you do.
Over raising can be a good tactic, so can min raises (for the record I still hate min raises) but you can get yourself into tricky situations and you need to be aware of your opponents and what they are willing to call with.
In the circumstance with Bacon, especially after he tanks so long and then calls such a huge bet, you have to go with AA, KK and possibly QQ, best case scenario he decides to come along with AK. As soon as you get one caller, you should slam on the breaks and re evaluate.
You're not getting away from that hand though, unless an A falls. But check calling is your best option on any board with a caller after a huge re raise.
