QQ: Should have played them differently, but how?

[KCheng]

Button is SLAP. No reads on UTG+1. I feel that I should have played these Qs differently, but where should I have changed my play?

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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.75 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

River: (6.75 BB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: 6.75 BB

[Wetdog]

The button raise was wierd, so I think the rest is ok. You're probably ahead, but given the size of the pot I think you just shrug it off.

[macdaddy991]

button going for the fabled (and overused) free card play?

ide have bet the river after a non heart fell

[KCheng]

Results:

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG+1 has Qh 8h (two pair, jacks and eights).
Hero has Qc Qs (two pair, queens and jacks).
Button has Th Td (two pair, jacks and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins 6.75 BB. </font>

[KCheng]

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ide have bet the river after a non heart fell

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I was thinking the same, but I was a little fearful of UTG+1's hand.

[macdaddy991]

i see the free card play all the time. I usually bet into the raiser (READ DEPENDANT!!!) on the turn, if I see a call then the river will be a pretty easy decision

[Duerig]

You really shouldn't have posted the river action. Seeing the button check behind you really skews what I think about this hand.

That being said, after the button checks behind on the turn, I put them on a flush draw (raised the flop for a free card) and bet the blank river.

[irishpint]

bet the river. thats all you can do since i dont feel like 3betting the flop does anything for us and neither does leading into him on the turn (it might get us raised again). the turn check puts him on hearts and the river blank is an easy bet. maybe he has a weak A (SLAP) or something but I think a value bet is worth it here.