$100 NLHE 6-max: QQ - I love it and I hate it

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blindsfisher

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Good morning poker world,

it's so hard to fold QQ if the villian goes crazy. Any good advice on this one?

BTN: $98.50
Hero (SB): $112.85
BB: $138.83
UTG: $107.05
MP: $188.99
CO: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with Q Q
4 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3

Flop: ($8.00) 7 T J (2 players)
Hero bets $7.60, BB raises to $23.33, Hero raises to $108.85 all in, BB calls $85.50

results here: http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/7551478
 
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Well, obviously you got lucky, so that's always nice. Personally, I try to reserve big pots for big hands. Admittedly, QQ is strong, but at the end of the day, unless it improves, it's still just one pair. Hands like this or similar, I look to get value, but also while employing pot control. I hate being put in the situation where I have to decide whether to call off my whole stack with just one pair.
 
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it's so hard to fold QQ if the villian goes crazy

You're the one who went crazy.

Do you always just shove when you get raised on the flop with an overpair?

7 10 J board against the range of a BB defend.

He can have 2 pair hands like J 10, 10 7 suited
He can wake up with a straight having 89 and be scared of AQ peeling a K


On the flip side, If you think he's raising you with worse or even air, then you certainly shouldn't be shoving all-in to scare him away.
He could have a hand like KJ/QJ, and that might pay you off if you're lucky, but you're more likely to get value from letting him continue to fire another street.

Ultimately I think the shove was overzealous.
 
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Do you always just shove when you get raised on the flop with an overpair?

No, but I go crazy quite often, when I get put into difficult decisions.

I have to learn to control myself as it seems.
 
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