Pitfalls of The Limp Reraise

Often times you'll see a guy limp in from early position and then when a late position player raises the early guy decides to reraise. In my experience most of the time the early guy is just annoyed that he has been raised so he sticks it to the raiser by raising right back with tenuous holdings like small pocket pairs. However, if the early player is good then the limp reraise is more likely the result of sound strategy and the player can be put on a big pocket pair like aces or kings. I use the limp reraise at NL most of the time when I get aces under the gun. Perhaps I should vary my strategy a bit because if someone gets a read on me it could prove extremely costly. The following hand demonstrates the issue. Based on my experience playing with this guy I knew he was pretty strong, allowing me to immediately put him on a hand. My plan was to fold on the flop if I didn't hit. Fortunately it didn't come to that.


***** Hand History for Game 3101850540 *****
0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Sat Nov 26 23:47:55 EST 2005
Table Table 65000 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: adam5757 ( $28.30)
Seat 2: GordoGato1 ( $67.15)
Seat 3: Seawolf1388 ( $18.15)
Seat 4: UTramz ( $49.15)
Seat 5: Chance7711 ( $38.50)
Seat 6: QQ988 ( $91.18)
Seat 7: SpyGlass13 ( $40.35)
Seat 8: BonitoKing ( $54.85)
Seat 9: WishinWell ( $50.30)
Seat 10: BluePig ( $15.60)
UTramz posts small blind (0.25)
Chance7711 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BonitoKing [ Qd, Qc ]
QQ988 calls (0.50)
SpyGlass13 calls (0.50)
BonitoKing raises (2.60) to 2.60
WishinWell folds.
BluePig folds.
adam5757 folds.
GordoGato1 folds.
Seawolf1388 folds.
UTramz folds.
Chance7711 folds.
QQ988 raises (5.50) to 6
SpyGlass13 folds.
BonitoKing calls (3.40)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3d, Qs, 4s ]
QQ988 bets (5)
BonitoKing raises (15) to 15
QQ988 raises (80.18) to 85.18
QQ988 is all-In.
BonitoKing calls (33.85)
BonitoKing is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Th ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Js ]
Creating Main Pot with $107.95 with BonitoKing
Creating Side Pot 1 with $36.33 with QQ988
** Summary **
Main Pot: $107.95 | Side Pot 1: $36.33 | Rake: $3
Board: [ 3d Qs 4s Th Js ]
adam5757 balance $28.30, didn't bet (folded)
GordoGato1 balance $67.15, didn't bet (folded)
Seawolf1388 balance $18.15, didn't bet (folded)
UTramz balance $48.90, lost $0.25 (folded)
Chance7711 balance $38, lost $0.50 (folded)
QQ988 balance $36.33, bet $91.18, collected $36.33, lost -$54.85 [ Ah As ] [ a pair of aces -- Ah,As,Qs,Js,Th ]
SpyGlass13 balance $39.85, lost $0.50 (folded)
BonitoKing balance $107.95, bet $54.85, collected $107.95, net +$53.10 [ Qd Qc ] [ three of a kind, queens -- Qd,Qc,Qs,Js,Th ]
WishinWell balance $50.30, didn't bet (folded)
BluePig balance $15.60, didn't bet (folded)