Generally I only re-raise with QQ-AA (I'll fold QQ if he pushes).

I'll cold call a 4bb raise with any PP from 55-JJ. If there are other callers I'll call with suited connectors, 65s-JTs. The tighter the raiser the better IMO, I want to be up against AA/KK as often as possible and get paid off when he can't let go of his over-pair, which is practically always at lower limits.

My actual rule* is that as long as the raise is <5% of my or my opponents stack (whoever is smallest) it's an auto-call with a PP; if it's >10% it's an auto-fold. Anything between is a judgement call.

I never call with weak Aces, suited or not. Usually I'll only call with AK, AQ if the raiser has very loose standards.

Obviously you prefer to close the betting but unless I have a reason to belive I'll get a re-raise behind me I don't mind not being last to act.


I would guess I am TAG, with a vpip of 21.81 and PFA of 2.64... possibly sLAG... but that's just not a very nice abbrevation

* Not my rule originally, I read it in Pot & No Limit by Bob Ciaffone.

Hi Stoneburg!

Why don't you overcall in pos with "weak aces" if they are suited?
They'd be pretty easy to play - just not giving much strength on a board Ace.

Or is that it? With a lower s.c. you'll kind of like pairing either of the cards and have outs to combine with other possible draws, while the Axs only will do so with the x, and then it'll also be too obvious when the board pairs hitting your out?

I suppose also that whenever you have the nut-flush draw with Axs, it is too obvious. You'll be bet out of the pot.

Is that it?

/rush

You shouldn't be having a cookie cutter rule for this sort of thing, but be tailoring it to your individual opponents. It depends on the raisers criteria for raising, post flop play and stack depth. You can add in number of limpers in between and the tendencies of the players left following you.

Calling raises:
The better the player the deeper his stack needs to be to call with a small pair as he may be able to get away from an overpair, the worse the player the closer to only 10:1 implied odds are needed. I was enjoying much more success with a tighter approach of needing 15:1 implied to call, but am playing in games now where 10:1 is fine and I'm happy with my win rate.

If he tends to not make continuation bets with missed AK AQ when you have position all that much more reason to call as you are likely to get the pot on the flop or turn with the best hand. Implied odds are out the window then and you don't need help to improve and actually held the winner from the start. If he makes continuation bets but they are readable I think it puts him in the same boat as the above, but works out even more to your favor as 66 unimproved has become a raising hand in position on the flop.

Reraising:
If the player is a very tight one, lets say playing 4 tables and pops in a raise, I think you really can only reraise AA/KK preflop, I can think of two people I've played in the last month that I won't reraise KK against.

The looser the player, the more hands you can reraise especially with position. This is all dependant on their post flop play, my general read of their hand preflop and post flop. There are people that I consider 99 a reraising hand, and those that I move to JJ AK sometimes AQo/AJs or better.