For hand 2 can we not just just call the raise and the play some poker?
We can float/bluff scare cards on turn/river etc against this guy. Re-raising him with a marginal hand just looks like a plain re-steal IMO, he will probably call anyway so let's wait to bloat the pot when we have a big hand. Flat calling sounds good if opponent sucks postlfop. We don't need to make a hand to win the pot, we just need to be sure he will shut down postlfop, fold to scare cards, and be afraid to double barrel oop after having a raise flatted and so on. Everyone seems so concerned with just making a hand in the blinds when there's just bluffing going back and forth.