Re: NL25: Raise, ReRaise and I have QQ...?
If you're hoping not to go all in after this flop it sounds you were playing your queens for set value only.
This is the perfect flop for your hand and you are losing only to AA/KK or 88 after the turn or 4x (which you can probably neglect).
If you raise the flop I think you're committed to calling a shove, but he will fold a bluff. I like the call not because you get to reevaluate the turn (you're too committed for that), but because it shows weakness and allows him to keep bluffing with a missed hand.
And I've actually seen some villains who have a total blind spot for full houses here and will go broke thinking their AK is good. I know that because I've asked them why they got all their chips in and they said because they thought I didn't have quads.
The only advantage to shoving would be to prevent him from drawing to an Ace or a King, but since he probably won't catch one on the turn I think it's better to let him bluff off his chips.
If you really want to give him credit for AA/KK then fold preflop. If you call you should be prepared to get your chips in on any non-Ace/King flop. Trying to see a cheap showdown is not a good plan because whenever that happens it means you're not getting full value out of his 99-JJ if he's not bluffing (in which case he will fold to almost any bet before showdown) to make up for the times you lose to AA/KK.
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