QQ in small blind, scary flop

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($2.48)
MP2 ($2.25)
MP3 ($1.03)
CO ($2)
Button ($2.09)
Hero (SB) ($1.47)
BB ($1.37)
UTG ($2)
UTG+1 ($0.78)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q
6 folds, Button bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.16, 1 fold, Button calls $0.11

Flop: ($0.34) A, J, A (2 players)
Hero bets $0.18, Button raises to $1.93 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $0.70 | Rake: $0.04




Should I have bet the flop? I think that if I had checked to him then he would have bet out.

Should I have folded to his all in re- raise? He may just have had a random Jack in his hand but I thought that it was too risky. He steals very often from the button but I felt as though that bet was not a bluff.

Is there any way I could have played this differently and maybe lost less chips?

Opponent is aggressive and steals often but he plays 8 tables and I feel as though he isn't the kind of player who would run crazy bluffs. I haven't played many hands with him (42) but I doubt that you can 8 table while running crazy bluffs everywhere and not lose your roll pretty quick.

Thanks.

Okay, I thought I'd post this hand in the same thread because it was on the same table vs the same player.


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($2.45)
MP2 ($2.49)
MP3 ($1.11)
CO ($2.10)
Button ($2.27)
Hero (SB) ($1.18)
BB ($0.80)
UTG ($2.03)
UTG+1 ($0.72)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, J
6 folds, Button bets $0.06, Hero raises to $0.12, 1 fold, Button raises to $0.38, 1 fold

Total pot: $0.26 | Rake: $0



I thought that this was a good re-raise hand because this guy often raises when folded to on the button 60% of the time according to pokertracker (only over 42 hands however). Was I correct to fold to the re-re-raise? It is tempting to think that this guy just bluffs a lot but from what I hear that kind of mentality can lead to a world of pain and my options were shove and risk being dominated by AK or something like that or fold and I chose the latter but that is on the reasoning that he would fold 90% of the hands that I beat to my re-raise. Should I maybe just make a note on this guy that says I should always have a hand that I can shove with pre if I am in a hand with him or is there some other way of exploiting him?

Thanks for the help.

Dude, you have more than 10 posts now, so please take the raw hand histories and convert them: Poker Hand History HH Converter | Hand History Converter

Sorrry, fixed!

QQ hand: if you are going to 3bet OOP at least do it 4x the opening cause here you make a value 3bet. flop is a deff c/f for me.

KJ hand: no one is gonna believe a min3bet for sure at 2nl. since this hand is a bluff 3bet, make it 2.5-3x and fold to a 4bet. but for beginning better just 3bet for value in blinds.

You'll get more out of this if you post specific ranges.

Hand 1 is ok
Hand 2 don't minraise nearly ever, especially preflop in this situation because you will be out of position, depending on his 3bet calling range you are most likely bluffing and he's shown to be aggro, etc.

Why aren't you buying in full?

Thanks.

I am not buying in full due to the fact that I am on a short bankroll. Once I get up to $40 I will buy in full but atm I am on $25.

hand 1- check/fold the flop is better than betting the flop because it probably hits alot of his 3bet calling range in position so you can't really bet for value cause not very many worse hands will call.
hand 2- call. stick to 3betting for value from the blinds i.e. qq+, ak.

Hand 1: Well played.
Hand 2: Fold pre, but if you're going to re-steal then don't EVER try to do it with a min-raise. You're just begging him to call you. Hit him for about 3.5x and fold to a 4bet.