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Old 11-10-2007, 02:33 PM
Albert Moulton Albert Moulton is offline
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Default Re: 100NL - QQ facing utg raise

I usually reraise preflop and fold if a tight, 100bb opponent pushes.

His pfr is 7%, but he's raising UTG. If he's a little tighter UTG, a 5% pfr range is something like this: TT+,AJs+,AQo+. He might also be raising for deception with a hand like 78s occasionally.

A preflop reraise to $12 does a couple of good things for you.

First, it minimizes the chance that players behind you will call, allowing you to isolate the preflop raiser and play heads up with position post-flop. That is much better than having to play in MP with 2 callers behind you, for example. You lucked out in the OP when you got "4 folds" behind.

Second, it frequently flushes AA and KK out of the bushes. Many players don't like to just call KK-AA to a pfrr OOP. They 4-bet or push. Vs. those guys you can fold to the 4-bet if you don't have good odds to play for set value, and you avoid paying a lot more post flop when the flop is all low cards and your opponent keeps betting into you. This is more true at FR than 6-max. At 6-max 3-betting and 4-betting ranges get so wide in a 100bb game that you may have to push QQ preflop a lot. But at FR vs a UTG raiser who 4-bets big, you are usually facing KK-AA.

Third, if you reraise to $12 and get called, then the pot is ~$25 giving you an SPR of 4 with good position post flop. That is still big enough to have some play post-flop, but not so big that you would have given speculative hands like 78s good implied odds to call the preflop reraise. So, your plan once your reraise is called is to proceed with caution post flop unless you flop top set. In general, you will want to get to show down without stacking off to an overpair or better while not being so weak that you let yourself get bluffed off a better hand. However, it is generally unlikely that most FR villains will bluff a lot OOP post-flop once you reraised preflop. So, if villain shows an interest in playing for stacks, then QQ is usually no good, especially with an A, K, J, or T on the flop (cards that give likely raise/call hands a set).

If you had reraised preflop, then calling a donk bet, checking the turn, and calling a river bet would have been an OK line.

But, as played for a call preflop, the OP still looks OK. I don't see a need to raise his flop continuation bet since you are way ahead of missed overcards and JJ, and you are way behind KK-AA and TT. The turn check is OK because you are still WA/WB and the only draw you need to worry about is the backdoor flush draw. You certainly don't want to run into a stack-a-donk line where villain check-raises. Also, your check on the turn might induce a bluff from AK/AQ on a blank river. Keep in mind, however, that failing to bet the turn to make AK, for example, fold will occasionally leave you facing an ace on the river coupled with a bet from villain that may or may not be a bluff. But, that's the risk you take with a turn check, and it's an acceptable risk if you think villain will bluff at blank rivers with missed high cards.

Calling the river is good since your turn check might have induced bluffs from missed overcards, and raising probably only gets called by better hands.

Basically, you took a passive line post flop to play for a nice, small, controlled pot with your overpair. And other than reraising preflop, I think the rest of the line is OK.
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