22: Early QQ Decision

[Lethal411]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Hero (t770)
Button (t1230)
SB (t760)
BB (t723)
<font color="#C00000">UTG (t605)</font>
UTG+1 (t760)
MP1 (t720)
<font color="#C00000">MP2 (t1675)</font>
MP3 (t757)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t605 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t605, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>.

Flop: (t1255) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t1255) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t1255) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1255


No real reads for this hand since it was still early. I was planning on calling the UTG all-in, but the call just seemed weird. Should I give him credit for a big hand or what range of hands do you put him on.

[Shilly]

Read on MP2? How'd he double up initially?

[Lethal411]

He doubled up when he flopped the nut straight out of the big blind and had someone donate his stack to him with top pair/weak kicker. I haven't seen him make any other plays.

[Eric Draven]

This is a hard spot. Either MP2 is trying to trap you, or a donk not protecting a hand that shouldn't even be in the pot. I really think my decision is based on my mood (even though that sounds terrible). I wouldn't really fault either play.

[microbet]

Easy call. Very rarely will this be AA or KK.