QQ hand for review

[Potowame]

I played this Kinda Passive, But I felt it was the right play. I reraised to thin the Field, and get it heads up, and felt that with the call and no reraise, He would normally have a somewhat weak holding (Small PP KQ possible AQ-A10. No AK OR AA-1010). At these low buy-ins they rerasie all-in alot with 99-AA AK AQ AJ. The Above hands May be giving to much credit to the to the normal Why can't I make it in the money guys.


Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t10 (10 handed)

UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)
Hero (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1060)
MP3 (t990)
CO (t1005)
Button (t985)
SB (t960)
BB (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with Q, Q.
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t35, Hero raises to t120, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 calls t85.

Flop: (t255) 3, A, 5 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t255) J (2 players)
UTG+1 bets t125, Hero calls t125.

River: (t505) 9 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets t300, Hero calls t300.

Final Pot: t1105

[flytrap]

You should bet the flop, maybe around t175 or so. If he calls, then it's time to shutdown unless you improve on the turn. By calling your re-raise PF, he must have something, and if he can call with the A on board it probably means your hand is in trouble. But your hand is likely good, so you need to bet to find out. Your check showed weakness, so he might be betting something you can beat, but since you gave him the initiative instead of taking it yourself, you'll never know. I don't like meekly calling at all here. If I have him beat on the river and I lay it down, oh well, I've got a lot more than half my chips which is what you were left with here. You would have 70% of your stack if you were beat playing it this way. Hope this helped.