Unloading QQ, Why Is It So Hard??

[LearnedfromTV]

In general, yes, these are tough situations. People lose a lot of money on dominated overpairs and overpairs v. sets.

Here's the thing about this hand. Forget what hand you held for a second and think about the series of bets you made. Big preflop raise, reraised, and you call. Board JJx, two suit. You checkraise, get called, and bet the blank turn.

You've represented QQ *minimum*. A fair rule of thumb is - if the hand you hold as at the weaker end of the range you are representing, and the other guy thinks he has you beat, he has you beat.

The only hand he could hold that doesn't beat you is AK spades (or some very small chance of other spades and some small chance of TT-99). None of these are very likely because you have done everything possible to say "I have QQ-AA or a jack and I'm going to the felt." If he's going to push a weaker pair or a semibluff anyway, he earned the chips this time.