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QQ vs paired board facing check-raise on the flop

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insonoro
Joined: 21.03.2009

PokerStars - €0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 186.5 BB
SB: 50 BB
BB: 80 BB
UTG: 97.5 BB
Hero (MP): 195.5 BB
CO: 148.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♠ Q♣

UTG raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 9♣ 3♠ 9♦
UTG checks, Hero bets 12 BB, UTG raises to 33.5 BB,

Hero?

Villain is 21/15 over a sample of 65 hands.

I assume Villain's range is capped here. So on the flop I should not be facing AA or KK. Possibly 77+ but after such raise I think TT and JJ are very likely. And there are still the few A9s combos.

How would you continue here?


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I probably will broke on the flop but it's really villian dependent. The idea is to stack his JJ-TT hands maybe some baby pocket pairs lile 55-88. Because they are very vulnurable to overcards on the turn and river witch might scare them and lost you some value From time to time i will turn check/call mode. But rarely.


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EmiyaKiritsugu
Joined: 13.08.2013

With KK+ I would clearly just bet/call on flop. With QQ we need more protection so I dont mind shoving but call is also an option. Obviously I'm not planning to fold this hand ever - 9x should almost not exists in his range so it leaves us only with 33 which he should open maybe 20% times from EP.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

This is NL2. That makes it tough to give villain a decent range, but most of the time I would stack off against <100bb stack.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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Vampiir142
Joined: 01.10.2017

So you are loosing vs. few combos - AA, KK, 99, maybe T9. A9s would not be in 3B calling range UTG vs MP.
If he could AA, KK 4B so than there is only one, two beating combos what could be in 3B call range.

on the flop rise vs. his "soft" pair.


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anduke
Joined: 26.11.2007

Both calling and reraising are fine imo. Can't give too much respect on nl2 and 65 hands on the villain isn't too much. A bit risky to call but could also get more value on the turn if it's not too ugly.


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bumblebtuna
Joined: 14.08.2022

I'm surprised so many people are stacking off here.

This is such a polarized bet stacking off seems like a really bad idea! V either has the nuts, or is bluffing, raising the flop with JJ/TT here is a bluff because we would never call with worse here.

If we re-raise/shove that's a really strong line and we turn QQ into a bluff, I know it's 2NL and people do dumb shit at those stakes but V is playing on the tighter side, so I find it hard to believe he's getting it in with JJ/TT. I mean we legitimately have all AA KK combos with our line too!

I would just call and let him keep bluffing you're only really worried about an A or K coming anyway.


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