Blind defense

[johnny_fish]

Shorthanded game, folded to Button who raises 3½bb. Button steals top 25% of hands. SB folds, Hero is BB. What range is optimal to reraise?

Let's make some assumptions. There are 2 options:
1- Reraise with a tight range; QQ+/AK (2.6%).
2- Reraise with a looser range: 88+, AJ+, KQ, ATs, KJs (8.6%)

What happens if a reraise only gets called by QQ+/AK?
1- Hero wins 90% of the time 5bb. The other 10% Hero has ~50% equity in a ~25bb pot with initiative but without position. Let's assume these two cancel out. So EV=.9*5+.1*0=4.5bb.
2. Hero wins 90% of the time 5bb. The other 10% Hero has ~34% equity.. Let's assume Hero loses on average 15bb in these situations (losing cbets a lot). EV=.9*5-.1*15=3.0bb.

The second scenario happens 3 times as often though, so if the original raiser has a very tight calling range, reraising light is optimal.

[Fnord]

How well does he play post-flop in these spots?

Are we swinging for fences here or re-stealing?

[johnny_fish]

How well does he play post-flop in these spots?

How should our reraising range change if he's a fish or a solid thinking player?

Are we swinging for fences here or re-stealing?

I don't understand what you mean by this. We're just looking to get the most EV.

[Miffed22001]

i reraise light to encourage action, re-stealing provides me with enough bbs to bluff off n not so good spots so that subsequently i get big/stack action in other spots where i want it.

[Fnord]

How well does he play post-flop in these spots?

How should our reraising range change if he's a fish or a solid thinking player?

Are we swinging for fences here or re-stealing?

I don't understand what you mean by this. We're just looking to get the most EV.

Limit table is one tab over (sorry too easy.)

I think you're focusing too much on your cards and not enough on what the Button is really up to and how he's going to play this.

[magneticskull]

Sounds like someone is trying to script a bot.