Would anyone else make this read?

[leykis]

50NL Party Full Ring

Just sat down played played about 5 hands one of which was AA vs AA.

Two hands later I am dealt QQ in MP.

I 1st in the pot I raise to 4.

LP calls 4

BB raises to 25.

This is half my stack.

The overbet seemed like it was intended to stop the action and take the pot down right there. For this reason I put my opponent on JJ or TT or perhaps even a lower PP. I went with the read and pushed. He thought for quite a while which led me to believe my read was correct and I actually was hoping for a call. He eventually did call and showed me KK. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Would anyone else make this play would you expect KK or AA to make his play.

His stack was a little more than 50. Covering me.

[amoeba]

I would be more tempted to call if he raised all in rather than to $25.

The $25 seems to say that he wants you to push and the raise is high enough that you aren't really tempted to call it for your set.

[leykis]

bump.

Anyone Else?

[numb3rs]

QQ, JJ, ... are weak all-ins pre-flop unless you think your opponent is trying to steal. you're only a coin flip vs AK, and you're dead money to AA, KK. it's hard to let go, but generally I don't like to get involved in all-in pre-flop action unless i hold AA, KK, or AKs.

[jtr]

It's great that you thought about what his raise might mean, and I agree with you that it could have indicated something like TT, but I think you got married to your read too early. If you're right, you win a bundle of cash and if you're wrong you lose about the same. Given that big PF reraises from all but the loosest players generally indicate AA, KK, and maybe AK, I think it's wishful thinking to say that this raise represents a TT-type hand at least 50% of the time. (Well, OK, you only need to be right about 47% of the time here but you know what I mean.) I would have dropped it.

[fimbulwinter]

never get involved in situations where you're either a big dog or a slight favorite

[Yeknom58]

totally player dependant. If he's a loose raiser it's an easy push if you view him as reasonable I think you can fold. Not knowing anything and you're playing on party I'm probably pushing like 50% and folding 50%.

[creedofhubris]

Push with KK or AA, fold anything else unless villain is demented or $25 is his stack (in which case consider calling with QQ, AK, possibly JJ.)

Reraising all-in with QQ is a bad habit you'll need to rid yourself of before you move to bigger limit NL.