Friday, June 14, 2013

Min reraises

Of all the ways you can be raised, the min reraise is the most fearsome.  It is just double the bet you just made, so it is giving you just the right pot odds to call almost any hand. Even a gut-shot straight draw.

But that's why you shouldn't unless you are also holding a good hand.

Of course the min reraise is now a favoured bluff technique because it's more of an information reraise.  But you shouldn't attempt those too often.  Not many people have the intestinal fortitude to double barrel bluff so you should take all min reraises by most normal players as a serious show of strength and the perfect reliable information with which to decide.