Preflop bet size query ($2.20)

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.2 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 (t2350)
MP1 (t3000)
MP2 (t3150)
MP3 (t26885)
CO (t3930)
Button (t7600)
SB (t4375)
Hero (BB) (t3335)
UTG (t1050)

Hero's M: 22.23

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
3 folds, MP2 calls t100, MP3 bets t300, CO calls t300, 2 folds, Hero ???


I seemed a bit steep to shove, but any raise is also a good portion of my stack.

all in is pretty standard imo

~1100, shove flop most of the time
- give up if you get 2-3 callers and flop is AKx
- flop top set on dryish board

its pretty cool when we get them to setmine or call with some other crap hand

Isn't shoving better here cause of the 2 in the pot already? (MP2 woll probably fold but who knows?) Don't you think that we get at least one fold if we shove? My play would be to shove, but I am always interested of how you think Fjuanl. You said in a previous post that you don't want to give your opponentseasy descisions. Anyway, I would hate to raise 1100, them calling and then see an A high, K high flop....

I don't think making it 1100 is WAY better than shoving, but at these stakes they will flat a bunch of weak hands that wouldn't call a shove and then stack off when we have a huge edge. The downside is that sometimes hands like AJ and small pairs (that would call a shove) fold on the flop.

Its not very fun when the flop is bad, but it doesn't happen enough to be that concerned about it imo. If I get 1 caller, shove a Kxx flop and get called by K9o...I'm actually pretty happy because he's lighting money on fire in the long run

I think because you in the BB and you will play the rest of the hand OOP you have to put a strong raise in to isolate and take the lead. Any call will likely mean you are playing for stacks.

Originally Posted by fjuanl

~1100, shove flop most of the time
- give up if you get 2-3 callers and flop is AKx
- flop top set on dryish board

its pretty cool when we get them to setmine or call with some other crap hand

Thanks for the feedback guys. Out of interest I made it 1500, got two callers, flopped top set on a relatively wet board and they both folded to my approx half pot shove.