($236T) QQ in level 2

[Slim Pickens]

20/40. UTG sucks. UTG+1 is z32fanatic. BB is a breakeven player over about 500 games, playing not too far above his comfort level. I haven't seen any of the play up to this point because I'm too retarded to fix my HUD before playing 9-max for the first time in a year.

Does anyone else not hate not pushing preflop? Pushing is clearly a good play, but I'm liking a flop in position here. I think z32fanatic's range when he calls like that is pretty small, maybe {TT,JJ,AKs,(50%)QQ}. The UTG raiser probably has a typical donkey range of about {77+,AJs+,AQo+}.

Once BB pushes, I'm calling 100% there. His range gets pretty wide with all that dead money in the pot. No one overcalls here, do they?

UTG (1500)
UTG+1 (3090)
MP1 (60)
MP2 (1495)
CO (3205)
Hero (button) (1440)
SB (1315)
BB (1395)

Dealt to Hero: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

Preflop: <font color="red">UTG raises to t140</font>, UTG+1 calls t140, MP1 calls all-in t60, <font color="grey">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="grey">CO folds</font>, Hero calls 140, <font color="grey">SB folds</font>, <font color="red">BB raises all-in to t1395</font>, <font color="grey">UTG folds</font>, <font color="grey">UTG+1 folds</font>, Hero calls all-in.

[z32fanatic]

Looking at this hand, I have no idea what I had.

That said, I would just shove your QQ here, or raise pot, either one is fine.

[Velocity]

just calling seems bad. z32 never smooth calls a moron with AA/KK here so you are ahead of him, and fish utg's calling range is probably behind QQ, and his opening range certainly is. reraise here, and since getting over 1/3 of our stack in preflop leaves us awkward on the flop, i think just shoving (the play that seemed standard to you) is the best play

velocity