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Here is the situation: full ring no limit cash, a player 3 positions before me raised two hands to 3bb, everybody folded...i am on button with JJ, he raises from mid pos 3bb, I reraise 3 x his raise, he waits a sec and goes all in...I call, he shows QQ and wins...was my choice wrong and why?
 
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I got hammered THREE TIMES hard yesterday with JJ. Once against 22.

JJ is the offspring of demons. I certainly have no idea how to do anything but limp along, or fold with JJ. :(

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iamnothere said:
Here is the situation: full ring no limit cash, a player 3 positions before me raised two hands to 3bb, everybody folded...i am on button with JJ, he raises from mid pos 3bb, I reraise 3 x his raise, he waits a sec and goes all in...I call, he shows QQ and wins...was my choice wrong and why?
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Can't say if your play was bad or not, not enough info. But keep in mind that players really can get 3 good hands in a row, and this tiny sample is not enough to peg him as a maniac or otherwise. Those may have been the only 3 hands out of the last 50 that were good enough to play, or he may be wild and just happened to pick up QQ.
 
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The third raise is MORE likely to be a big hand. The LAG knows people are aware of his raising, so after raising a couple in a row he will usually cool it for a bit, but when he starts getting big hands, he can expect to get action form a raise. It is a nice trick to occasionally pad your stack; steal 2 or 3 hands and return to TAG. If you pick up a big hand, go ahead and raise with the expectation of getting some reckless action. He is, in essence, forcing you to gamble with him, but he gets to pick the pots when the money goes in.
 
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GWU73 said:
The third raise is MORE likely to be a big hand. The LAG knows people are aware of his raising, so after raising a couple in a row he will usually cool it for a bit, but when he starts getting big hands, he can expect to get action form a raise. It is a nice trick to occasionally pad your stack; steal 2 or 3 hands and return to TAG. If you pick up a big hand, go ahead and raise with the expectation of getting some reckless action. He is, in essence, forcing you to gamble with him, but he gets to pick the pots when the money goes in.
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Geesh... You just can't keep a secret, huh?

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If he was doing this a lot (raises then shove when reraised) then by all means call his shove. If he usually calls/folds to a reraise then fold.
The type I find is raise then call and then bets like crazy only to find he had Q7s and flopped a 7.
just try and keep track of how they react to reraises.
 
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