NL25 - QQ - Villian leading. What should I have done?

[Ontario_Tory]

Villain is somewhat loose, but usually quite passive postflop. 37/4/0.67


Preflop: I probably should have raised here, but every once in a while I like to limp with a strong pocket pair. Villain raised it up, I called.

Flop: not too scary - he bets half the pot. Again, I just called. Probably should have raised...

Turn: King on the turn. Now I'm ready to pitch my hand. I know I misplayed it, & now I'm sure I'm beat. He bets, but only $1.50 - giving me 5:1 to call. so I do.

River: Now there's a straight on the board. He bets $1, again, giving me great odds. What's my play? & what do you guys put him on?


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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($33.30)
SB ($26.05)
BB ($13.30)
UTG ($46.05)
<font color="#C00000">MP1 ($12.70)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($26.30)</font>
CO ($35.15)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $1.5</font>, Hero calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>.

Flop: ($3.35) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets $1.25</font>, Hero calls $1.25.

Turn: ($5.85) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets $1.5</font>, Hero calls $1.50.

River: ($8.85) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets $1</font>, Hero ????

[Skleice]

Reraise preflop. You have 4 people to act behind and QQ does not do well against that many players. You're lucky they all folded.

Flop....raise.
Turn...raise.
River...this looks like a blocking bet hoping to get to a cheap showdown...RAISE.

Even if you think you are 'trapping' him...you're not getting max value from this hand. What if he had 88-JJ? You could've made a lot more $$$.

[resboard]

I definately reraise preflop, and raise the flop. Depending on the action you get from him I would have to make a decision on the turn. With him raising I am not putting him on a 5 to complete the straight.

[Ontario_Tory]

To be clear - I know I should have raised preflop &amp; on the flop. Please don't think I thought I was trapping him - I was ready to fold on the turn, but felt the price was right to stick around. (if that's bad thinking, I'm curious why too... again, ignoring how I got there in the first place).

My specific questions are:

1) On the Turn, after the king came, should I have raised, and if so how much?
2) As played, what do you put him on, and how much should I have raised on the River?

thx

OT

[rappelkastin]

i'd just raise to 4.5 pf, then push flop. 4% scares me a bit but for 12 i'll flip.