In a [censored] spot with QQ, What do I do?

Woolygimp · #1 11-03-2007, 03:54 PM

5/5 Live 10-handed, effective stacks are $425. There's a straddle and a couple limpers, I make it $70 OTB with QQ.

SB has been playing extremely tight, and he immediately heads for his chips to raise. He then thinks, and then flats my bet. At the time I remember thinking that I'd put this guys range on JJ+, or maybe TT.

I end up getting a total of 6 callers.

$440 in the pot, and the flop is 6s 7s 7c. Checked to me.

I immediately push for $355, but pushing queens into 6 people on this board just doesn't mesh well, and SB's read compounds the issue. Maybe I'm playing too much Omaha, but does anyone ever, ever play this differently? I'm trying to work on multiway pots.

Woolygimp · #2 11-03-2007, 05:15 PM

stop being pansies.

Scared to be the first to offer a reply, and then other subsequent posters disagreeing with you?

i don't see why else i haven't gotten a single response in 30+ views.

AllTheCheese · #3 11-03-2007, 05:29 PM

I don't understand how you could play this any differently. Open fold? ROFL. Super standard. If somebody called 16% of effective stack looking to flop trips, congratulations to them. They'll get my moneys every time.

rdrr · #4 11-03-2007, 05:30 PM

You played it fine...

SABR42 · #5 11-03-2007, 05:32 PM

Certainly you can't fold, so what else can you do?

Woolygimp · #6 11-03-2007, 05:32 PM

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I don't understand how you could play this any differently. Open fold? ROFL. Super standard. If somebody called 16% of effective stack looking to flop trips, congratulations to them. They'll get my moneys every time.

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You do realize that 7-way, they could profitably call off 30% or more of their stack with a huge range including 22-99.

I wasn't thinking open fold, but maybe a check. Let the action develop in front of me, and I really put SB on KK-AA here.

AllTheCheese · #7 11-03-2007, 05:45 PM

I meant to flop trips trips (not a set). If they called off 16% of their stack with one 7 in their hand, they're banking on like a 18:1 shot of hitting two pair or better. They can't play profitably even if they stack two people every time. And in fact, what will much more likely be the case if someone called preflop with a low card hand is that he'll flop a draw and be forced to commit more moneys as an underdog. I understand where you're going with "Hey, shouldn't I check to induce value?" but the answer is "no". We're talking about a $400 game where a $70 raise got six callers. They're not brilliant. Shove. A6 will call here a lot. So will 89. And 88-JJ.