blankoblanco
plays poker on hard mode
Silver Level
I've noticed that an aspect of my game that I'm not very comfortable with is re-raising or dealing with a re-raise pre-flop, and what hands to put these re-raisers on. This is as far as tournaments and SnGs go, so I don't need cash game strategy.
Let's say I'm in the middle stages of an MTT with 400 players entered, starting at 1500 chips. At this point there's 200 players left and the blinds are 100/200. I have 4500 chips. I'm dealt QQ in middle position and it comes to me unraised. I raise to 800. The player immediately after me has 6000 chips and re-raises to 1600. What would cause him to re-raise a 4x BB raise? Should I think he has KK or AA? Now it's folded around to me. Do I call? Push? Fold? If I held JJ, would it change your answer?
Suppose it's the same scenario, coming to me unraised in MP and I raise to 800. This time it's folded around back to UTG, who originally just called the BB. But now UTG re-raises me to 1600! Should I think he's holding AA or KK and was hoping for a raise so he could spring to attack? This time I'd have position on the player, but the limp re-raise is scary. Should I call, push, or fold?
Any other input as far as preflop re-raising will be much appreciated by me. Thanks!
Let's say I'm in the middle stages of an MTT with 400 players entered, starting at 1500 chips. At this point there's 200 players left and the blinds are 100/200. I have 4500 chips. I'm dealt QQ in middle position and it comes to me unraised. I raise to 800. The player immediately after me has 6000 chips and re-raises to 1600. What would cause him to re-raise a 4x BB raise? Should I think he has KK or AA? Now it's folded around to me. Do I call? Push? Fold? If I held JJ, would it change your answer?
Suppose it's the same scenario, coming to me unraised in MP and I raise to 800. This time it's folded around back to UTG, who originally just called the BB. But now UTG re-raises me to 1600! Should I think he's holding AA or KK and was hoping for a raise so he could spring to attack? This time I'd have position on the player, but the limp re-raise is scary. Should I call, push, or fold?
Any other input as far as preflop re-raising will be much appreciated by me. Thanks!