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Originally Posted by DeathDonkey
Does anyone think the reraise size is poor regardless of holding? Or is 2.5x basically fine in a shallow situation in position? My feeling is we give villain too good a price to call and take one.
Reraising in position is good, the blinds cover and flatting invites one of them to squeeze. I think rr>folding>flatting. This is a poor draw to commit with so I think any size that will A) exclude the blinds who are both deep enough to ship effectively post and B) give hero room to fold -- is good. Not terribly concerned with the opener, since he will either ship or flat, and if he ships we should fold. This size seems okay to me and takes advantage of a sizing error on the part of MP1.
Barring specific exploitation, MP1 should probably have opened to t700 or something, near full pot, to make isolation expensive enough that it would force commitment if he shoves in defense. Whether he plans to shove or not, it should be looming in the mind of anybody who wants to play the pot. With a shortish stack well covered he can't really nibble away; he should appear prepared to leverage his whole stack.
A small open gave hero enough headroom to reraise without commitment, and I think hero played it fine up to here.