$50 NLHE Full Ring: How to play QQ in a three bet pot

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PokerStars - $0.50 NL - Holdem - 9 players

MP+2: 42.5 BB (VPIP: 15.73, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, hands: 250)
CO: 26.78 BB (VPIP: 34.38, PFR: 3.13, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 32)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 17.20, PFR: 12.74, 3Bet Preflop: 7.21, Hands: 477)
SB: 42.98 BB (VPIP: 36.11, PFR: 13.89, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 36)
BB: 40 BB (VPIP: 23.45, PFR: 15.05, 3Bet Preflop: 5.98, Hands: 1,097)
UTG: 210.36 BB (VPIP: 18.44, PFR: 13.80, 3Bet Preflop: 8.86, Hands: 868)
Hero (UTG+1): 187.3 BB
MP: 101.7 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 9.72, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 145)
MP+1: 130.98 BB (VPIP: 20.33, PFR: 14.95, 3Bet Preflop: 6.63, Hands: 430)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.42 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 8.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.08 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) T 8 5
Hero checks, BTN bets 8.78 BB, Hero raises to 34.08 BB, BTN calls 25.3 BB

Turn: (86.66 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 76.04 BB, BTN calls 57.42 BB and is all-in

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 5

BTN wins 197.5 BB

Feels like I ran into disaster with QQ. What could he have he three betted so most of the time he has either AA, KK or AK as I block QQ. My flop check raise tends to let AK (with 6 outs) fold and only keep AA and KK in the hand.

Should I just check fold on the turn and perhaps make a smaller check-raise on the flop?
 
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why do you want to fold AK by raisng it? AK has 25% vs QQ on this flop. No flush draws, so you isolate yourself only vs better hands. It means you don't earn money on his bluffs. It's just a check/call flop.

As played I don't know what to do on turn. Mostly he called you with aces, or kings, sometimes maybe ATs which he decided to 3bet pre or jacks but we don't know that. As you raised a flop and you turned your hand into a bluff then I think you should give up on turn. Because you didn't play it for value, right? if you did then go allin. Nothing changed. 5 is a blank here.

That's why you should play check/call flop if you don't have a plan for later streets.
 
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