Ed Miller columns

Ed Miller wrote this in one of his columns:

"I don't touch any of these hands when out of position. And while 9-8 suited
is better than 10-8 offsuit or 6-3 suited, it's not that much better. I
usually don't play 9-8 suited when out of position, either. It's harder to
steal when you don't have position. It's harder to play your draw when you
don't have position. It's harder to win a big pot when you don't have
position. You don't make your money playing out of position. It's that
simple."

In another column, he wrote this:

"Let's say a loose and aggressive player opens for $30 in a $5-$10 no-limit
game. A weak player calls from the button. Everyone folds to you in the big
blind, and you have the 10 6. You consider three options: folding, calling,
and reraising. I think, for sure, you should reraise. Why? It widens your
range. Think about what hands you'll be reraising here. You'll reraise
pocket aces and kings, and perhaps queens, jacks, and A-K. You should
probably reraise a number of other strong hands, as well.
If you reraise only good hands, your range will be narrow and weighted
toward strong hands. As a result, your opponent will find your reraises
fairly easy to play against. But when you add weak hands to your reraising
range, you become much trickier to play against."

My question is what happens after the flop? The flop will likely not help
10,6. With 3 players remaining, when you check and fold to a bet, no one will
see your starting hand. How will this widen your "range of hands"?

Vince


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