QQ on the button against PF raiser Lvl 2

[AliasMrJones]

Party $55, blinds 15/30, still 10 players left, no read on CO.

AliasMrJones: 960
Everyone else involved in the hand: 850-950

Dealt to AliasMrJones Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

3 folds, 2 limps, CO raises to 100, AliasMrJones ???

What action should I take and why?

[Maulik]

I would simply call. You've got position and you have no need to reason to further try and push the blinds out.

If you are faced with a re-raise you may be pushed off your hand which may or may not be better then the villan's. You cna see how he plays the flop.

[durron597]

Why not raise for value to:

Charge his overcard draw to pair.
Get more chips in the middle the times he misses pairing.
Get more chips in the middle the times he has a smaller PP and misses the flop & the flop has overs.
Edit: prevent the blinds from getting frisky with small PPs and suited connectors.

[TWINUNO]

I usually like to reraise here to try to isloate here with my big pair. Just calling the pot might not be a bad idea too, since there arent tons of people in the pot. You do have position so after the flop you can always see what you wanna do if you believe your 50 /50 but more times then not you have the best hand.

[Moonsugar]

Not rasing is very bad. Why do you want to allow this hand to be played multiway? You have the best but somewhat vulnerable hand the vast majority of the time. If you get RR by CO then just go/call all in or fold, depending on player.

[Maulik]

As usual I missed 2 limpers.

I would re-raise for value & to isolate, we don't want the mistake of playing this hand multiway.

[Isura]

I think with the 2 limpers, it's more necessary to reraise. If CO had opened the pot, I might just call if I thought he'd fold dominated pairs or aces to a 250-300 reraise. But with the limpers and decent sized pot, I think it's more likely someone will come along when you reraise. If CO pushes, I really don't know, but you probably have a call given the pot odds. I'd instacall at the 22s, but maybe not at the 55s.

[skierdude1000]

I'd make it like 400 to go

[AliasMrJones]

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I'd make it like 400 to go

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If you're going to re-raise 40% of your stack, why not push?

To the others advocating a re-raise -- how much? 200? 300?

[Vee Quiva]

Usually I would raise to 300. Unfortunately, you don't have much ammunition left for the flop. I think it's more important to make this a heads up hand though.

The interesting scenario is what do you do if it's heads up and the flop has an Ace in it?