Today you’ll be playing a common tournament spot where you reraise from the Big Blind against a Button open. Having a robust Big Blind strategy that includes frequently defending by calling as well as reraising is a crucial component of winning tournament play. Sizing your reraises when out of position to 4x the previous total raise amount will put the appropriate pressure on opponent hand ranges.
On the flop, start by paying attention to board texture and estimate whether the flop favors your range as the reraiser or the Button’s range as the caller. Our preflop reraising range is somewhat polarized between very good hands and various high card blocker semi-bluffs.