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Message: [QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6339798, member: 427881"] Some thoughts on this for you - my writing is blunt but ignore the tone. I think it's great you're asking and inviting thoughts on your play. [LIST] [*][B]QQ is premium but it isn't as good as you think[/B] - you will face an A or K on the flop 31% of the time and if raising heavily pre-flop (which you should be) you're likely facing A/K heavy ranges [*][B]You had to raise pre-flop [/B]- QQ isn't that great as per above so you want to just take it down here. Double his bet and take 10BB home. A call or raise from him tells you you're up against a big hand and it gives you a chance to get away post-flop [*][B]Once you've seen a turn/river, I'm generally of the view I'm not getting my chips in without a set or better[/B]. It's rare you're up against less if they're playing for stacks (especially if one pair is on the board...) [*]I think given he's raised pre-flop and bet all 3 streets its a pretty easy fold by the river really. [*]A general trick for post flop thinking is to always default to raising their bet. If you can't justify the raise to yourself you should probably fold. I suspect you were nervous the whole way and couldn't have pulled a raise out given the size of his bets would have meant raising = shoving, hence you should have gone in the muck by the river if not earlier [/LIST]How would I play that hand? I think you lost your stack pre-flop by not raising. Post flop it was tricky to get away from which is why nailing your pre-flop play is so vital. You needed to raise (probably 2x the 3bet) pre-flop all day - if he has worse you want them to pay you for it and if they shove over you it's then a judgement call based on their play but you probably let the QQ go (they're likely 5Bet shoving with AK/AA/KK - you only have an edge against AK and it's not that big 56 vs 44). Best to find out now and fold 20BB than punting off 100BB stack If you get called, your flop decision is Raise/Fold when he leads out for any size, but particularly when it's a big bet from him. Given the size of a 2-3x raise means most of your stack it has become a shove/fold decision on the flop. You either think he has AA/KK in which case you're screwed and should fold, or you think he has worse and you should shove and either stop him drawing out on you or get paid when he calls with JJ/TT/99 etc Hope that makes sense - bit of a brain dump!! [/QUOTE]

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