NL100 QQ ANONYMOUS

Posted 7 years ago

Prima, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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SB: $134.05 (134.1 bb)
BB: $123.38 (123.4 bb)
UTG: $104.10 (104.1 bb)
MP: $248.13 (248.1 bb)
CO: $230.11 (230.1 bb)
Hero (BTN): $100 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Qs Qc
UTG raises to $3, MP raises to $9, CO folds, Hero calls $9, 2 folds, UTG calls $6

Flop: ($28.50) 2h 5c Td (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $12, Hero calls $12, UTG folds

Turn: ($52.50) 5d (2 players)
MP bets $22, Hero calls $22

River: ($96.50) 6d (2 players)
MP bets $205.13 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: $96.50 pot ($3 rake)
Final Board: 2h 5c Td 5d 6d
MP mucked and won $93.50 ($50.50 net)
Hero mucked Qs Qc and lost (-$43 net)

4bet preflop?, call/fold river? my thought proces was, that i m going to call if flush misses
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Posted 7 years ago
I like the way you've played it. I don't see any value in 4betting pre vs a UTG open and strong MP 3bet. Very nice, disciplined fold. My compliments, I always level myself into a call.
Posted 7 years ago
Preflop is super awkward. On the one hand, MP 3betting vs. UTG is usually really strong (or at least a super narrow polarized range) which means going over the top with QQ doesn't make much sense. On the other hand, cold calling the 3bet is absolutely impossible to balance and if MP knows anything about poker he'll know exactly what you have in this spot every time (something in the neighborhood of JJ-QQ maybe TT and AKs? AQs? in other words premium hands that aren't quite strong enough to 4bet but strong enough that it feels bad to fold them). Maybe I'm insane and it's super exploitative, but unless MP is super aggressive I might just muck queens here. Mucking such a strong hand feels like a mistake, but equally how often do you even witness MP 3betting UTG in today's games? Long story short cold calling with QQ here seems reasonable but I just hate the fact it's super transparent.

As played, if we go into the hand with the assumption that villain has wide enough of a range to justify our preflop call we obviously can't fold the flop even if he's betting into two people and while him betting a super brick turn is getting pretty scary I probably wouldn't muck vs. his sizing.

When it comes to the river I honestly have no idea what is correct. I know that I wouldn't make a call and because of that, I think that maybe getting away from the hand on the turn is correct after all? I assume you had no real info on the guy given the anonymous table setting?
Posted 7 years ago
No info, looks like reg, i i do not agree with fold preflop, i got 6% 3bet from MP vs UTG. I decide to call base on blockers, he can easily bet with hand like A3s, or AQs AKs with runner flush draw, so i decide to call if flush misses or if i got Qd to call when flush hits.

In future i m planing to play on standard tables, and i m thinking to call in this spot with AQ+, 99+ and 78s and 67s with no 4bet range, to protect my self of being exploited.
Posted 7 years ago
When I see players cold call 3bets, it's usually a pocket pair 88+ looking to mine. If a player thinks your range is weighted to pocket pairs 88-QQ then it pretty much gives him the freedom to triple you in these pots if he has some kind of stats on you at the table so far that suggest you could fold them.

I'd expect a little bit of pot control sometimes from JJ-AA when the board runs out three to a flush. You unblock diamonds which helps villain. I think river would be a sigh fold.