$0.55 NLHE MTT: Fold or Call here

the opponent was a loose aggressive player pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, 0.55 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds 15 Ante (8 handed) - Converted at http://www.handhistoryconverter.com


MP1 (t6,526)
MP2 (t16,565)
CO (t3,436)
Button (t7,842)
SB (t5,188)
Hero (BB) (t17,277)
UTG (t9,473)
UTG+1 (t5,079)


Hero's M: 63.99


Preflop: Hero is BB with Q , Q
UTG calls t100, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t248, 1 fold, Button calls t248, 1 fold, Hero raises to t600, UTG calls t500, MP2 calls t352, Button calls t352


Flop: (t2,570) 10 , J , J (4 players)
Hero bets t1,928, 1 fold, MP2 calls t1,928, Button raises to t7,227 (All-In), Hero folds, 1 fold


Total pot: t8,354

I would call here.

You will see flush draws, tens and even other PPs.


I think you will be ahead more often than behind against a loose-aggro player. I would be more concerned with MP2 but I think we are good here a good % of the time.

Pre flop 3 bet needs to be bigger. You will be playing this hand OOP, possibly against multiple players. You are 170+BB deep, OOP, with other players in the pot. 3 bet to 1250 or more as there is already 750 in the pot with 3 players to act behind

Very small 3 bet, I'd make it at least 1000. That's also a big c bet if you were planning to bet-fold. At those stakes I'd call if it isnt for my whole stack, there's a lot of players holding T's, flush draws, A high and pocket pairs. Sometimes they do have the Jack, but we're still left with a good stack.

Call here most of the time. QQ vs. a loose aggro is a going to be the favorite most of the time. V probably has lower pair, Tx, and draws but you have blockers in the Queens if v has something like AK or 98 and a spade blocker in your queen as well. You also should be 3betting at least 3x for a 3bet but from the blinds, you really need to raise that 3bet to about 4.5x because you're out of position here.

Can you post what villain actually had?
depending the agressiveness of previous hands (pot size?)
post flop, against LAG, potentially you could choose between check (too passive?) and shove (too risky?), but we know the 2k bet only increased to pot; looking back is always easy.