$2 NLHE Full Ring: QQ 3-bet and caller. 4-bet or flat?

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HERO: 7/7/2 over 19 hands
Villain 1: 23/11/3 over 19 hands
Villain 2: just sat down

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($5)
UTG ($2.21)
UTG+1 ($4.77)
MP1 ($2)
Hero (MP2) ($2)
MP3 ($2.15)
Villain 1 (CO) ($1.81)
Button ($4.98)
Villain 2 (SB) ($0.79)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q
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, Q
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3 folds, Hero bets $0.06, 1 fold, Villain 1 raises to $0.16, 1 fold, Villain 2 calls $0.15, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.50, Villain 1 raises to $1.81 (All-In), Villain 2 calls $0.63 (All-In), Hero...


should I have 4-bet or should i have flatted? a 3-bet usually means villain 1 has a strong hand but do we ever want to play QQ 3-ways? I feel like Im too aggressive pre with QQ+ and when I 4-bet either everyone folds or I get shipped on and villain normally has AA. I think generally most 2NL players ship pre with like JJ+ AQ+. However, what I was trying to do was get Villain 1 to fold and isolate Villain 2.

Maybe this isnt as much hand analysis as it is more learning how to play big hands bettter but any thoughts on this hand given his stats? or even how I should be playing QQ+ pre? TY!
 
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4bet squeeze, get the cold caller out and you have a better chance with the ladys against the 1 villian?
 
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Yea, I'm definitely 4-betting this and I like the bet size as well. I also like the range your putting him on, AQ+,JJ+. The cold caller probably has something like 77-JJ, ATs-AQs, AJo, AQo, KQs?? I'm not sure how much my post is really helping you, probably more helping me attempt to put ranges on villians as that is something I'm working on. I think regardless you are calling his shove and hoping he doesn't have AA/KK, although I think there's a good chance of this.


I quickly ran pokerstove:

[JJ+, AQ+] 37.6%
[77-JJ, ATs+, AJo+] 18.7%
[QQ] 43.7%

I'm sure there are a few other hands in there as well, especially for the cold caller (although I'm not sure if AK is even in his range as he is probably shipping that rather than cold calling). Sorry if this post isn't helpful or rambles on!
 
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