Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

First some background,

MP1 is fishy 38/2/0.8 and his bets seem to mean the obvious.

Button is 34/5/1.8 and seems to be generally loose but not overly aggressive from what ive seen.

No point posting my stats because these guys arent paying attention anyway..but ive been playing TA.

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, MP1 calls, Hero folds.

Thoughts?

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

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Thoughts?

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Fold pre-flop.

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

Q9s is worth the odd limp from MP3 if the table is passive preflop.

But this turn fold is not good - you're getting 12.75 to 1, you could have a better Queen than one of these guys, and you have five outs to a probable winning hand. I call and check call the river too.

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Thoughts?

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Fold pre-flop.

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Im following the guidelines from SSH which advocates playing Q9s from mid position...this game is pretty passive too.

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But this turn fold is not good - you're getting 12.75 to 1, you could have a better Queen than one of these guys, and you have five outs to a probable winning hand. I call and check call the river too.


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I only just realised how many bets were in on the turn...doh. What a pointless post this has been...

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

Never fold that! I would assume a big pocket pair from the button, or a set, something he's trying to protect from the flush draw, but remember what SSH says: DON'T LET GO OF DECENT HANDS IN A BIG POT. Sure, you're probably behind at this point, but you have enough outs in that pot to outdraw. Giving up the 12 or 13-bet pot just for one or two won't be profitable.

I think the MP limp with Q9s is fine with two or three limpers in front. It's not a major EV leak if you can handle yourself postflop.

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Thoughts?

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Fold pre-flop.

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No way man. This hand is too good for this situation.

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

I think you can call the turn but I have not run any numbers yet. Preflop he doesn't raise much (although if your AF on him is over a significant number of hands than he is indeed fairly aggressive).

Once he raises preflop I'd give him a range of AA-TT, AKo/AKs, AQo/AQs, and maybe AJs/AJo if he likes raising a bit more in late position.

Once he reraises the flop I think his range his AA-QQ, TT, AQ, or AsKs-AsJs.

But on the turn he continues to bet, so we have to negate the fact that he has just a draw on the turn a bit, although 1) it is a monster draw and 2) there are a helluva lot of players who will not slow down with straight/flush combo draws.

So, for the turn.

AA - 6 (possibly 5 outs)
KK - 6 (possibly 5 outs)
QQ - 1 (0 outs)
TT - 3 (0 outs)

AsKs-AsJs - ~1 combined (around 30 outs)

(30 + 30 + 0 + 0 + 30) / 3 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 1 =

90/17 = ~5.3 outs

Obviously though MP1 often has a draw as well, further tainting your queens and nines. But getting 12.5:1 you only need about ~3.5 outs to continue so I think you should.

Call here and fold the river unimproved. If a spade hits and anyone is still betting it's an easy fold, and I assume that button will not bet an UI ace-high draw into two players on the river, so you don't need to worry about that.

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

Preflop's fine.

Fold the flop.

Re: Q9 hand...good fold or weak play?
 

I think that you were probably behind on the turn, but button may have a Q with a weaker kicker than yours.

Getting almost 12:1, I would call the turn bet. You have the odds to improve to a better hand.

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Preflop's fine.

Fold the flop.

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