[Pokey]

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i really would like to hear your justification for not 3betting pre

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Hero is afraid that villain actually has the goods and is playing QQ for set value.

or

Hero knows that villain won't fold AK and wants to wait for the flop -- he doesn't want to tie himself to the pot with small equity when he can break off a bluff and win good money on a safe flop.

or

Hero doesn't mind an overcall from UTG and wants pot padding.

or

Hero doesn't three-bet light, and if you only three-bet heavy you give away too much information preflop. So Hero has a strategy of NEVER three-betting light, which is perfectly acceptable if you stick to it.

or

Hero knows that villain is a standard TA/LA, tight as a frog's butthole preflop but maniacal postflop, always trying to win every hand he plays and willing to virtually stack off unimproved if he misses. So hero doesn't want to let villain escape cheaply.

or

Hero is mixing up his play so that he has more respect for his preflop overcalls.

or

Any other reasonable explanation.

There are times when smooth-calling QQ preflop OOP in a three-way pot is actually a good play. I'm not sure if this is it, but there are reasons why it might be perfect.