$Freeroll NLHE MTT: Was my bet sizing ok?

Hi folks,

how would you have played this hand?


PokerStars - 50/100 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 16.2 BB (VPIP: 16.21, PFR: 7.13, 3Bet Preflop: 5.24, hands: 518)
MP+1: 12.2 BB (VPIP: 12.52, PFR: 8.03, 3Bet Preflop: 0.93, Hands: 758)
MP+2: 36.99 BB (VPIP: 24.23, PFR: 11.78, 3Bet Preflop: 6.74, Hands: 1,054)
CO: 13.1 BB (VPIP: 24.96, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 6.15, Hands: 633)
BTN: 19.25 BB (VPIP: 14.47, PFR: 9.48, 3Bet Preflop: 4.62, Hands: 803)
SB: 15.3 BB (VPIP: 19.02, PFR: 5.94, 3Bet Preflop: 3.01, Hands: 2,118)
BB: 33.66 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
Hero (UTG): 13.15 BB
UTG+1: 15.05 BB (VPIP: 12.00, PFR: 8.49, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 956)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♣ Q♥

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 7♦ 4♠ 9♦
BB checks, Hero bets 5.2 BB, BB calls 5.2 BB

Turn: (16.9 BB, 2 players) 4♥
BB checks, Hero bets 4.95 BB and is all-in, BB calls 4.95 BB

River: (26.8 BB, 2 players) 5♦

Yes, everything is played correctly, regardless of the outcome. You raised preflop. You placed a continuation bet. On a more complicated hand, you have a too small stack - the turn is not folded with the senior pair and 5 BB.

I've had bad luck lately so I might have pushed after the flop because i'd be afraid of getting coolered, but I think under normal circumstances you did everything you could go get all his chips which is ideal in this case.

one thing to think about, is given your opponent's hand, did he play it right or wrong? did he play in such a way that you got his range wrong? etc

Pretty shallow table (and tournament I’m sure), so a shove from UTG probably isn’t a great move. Unlikely to get called unless someone has something with at least decent equity.

Post flop, I’m probably shoving. It’s a board you are absolutely crushing and going +50% to your stack without getting to showdown is great. There are, however, a handful of scary cards you could see (A, K, diamond, something between 4-9), so let’s take it down now.

Starting the hand with 13 bb and UTG, I would've shoved the queens. It would've killed the positional disadvantage and avoided the awkward post flop play.

whiskrs, you played perfectly unless the BB beat you. I don't notice where his hole cards are given

Usually if I have less than 14bb I never raise, i just shove. Also, raising 3bb with such shallow stack is kinda meaningless, you are just not giving yourself chance to fold to 3bet. With QQ you may don't want to fold to 3bet, but you shouldn't be opening with 3bb raise with only QQ+, you should have a balanced range. In short, if you raise, raise to 2bb. otherwise, just shove it in.

You played the hand correctly, I would have considered a shove pre flop but overall good play in my opinion.

Thanks a lot of your opinions. And yeah, I see, the shove preflop would have been probably the best move considering my stack size and disadvantageous position.

In freerolls, shoving is always the prefered move. Many players will call w/ Ax off just to grab a big pot.

You have only 13 bb, so this is all-in preflop

Did You think what would you do on AxKx7x flop with you QQ?

I personally think you played this right, good healthy bet sizes to accumulate more chips with QQ in freerolls. So shoving with QQ is always the right move.