$2/$4 NL 6 max at FTP. Ive been playing pretty tight and getting no action on my raises so I limp UTG with QQ with the intention of limp, reraising.
The button raises to $18. Hes been raising with questionable hands every time hes on the button. The BB, who appears to be pretty good) calls the $18 so when it folds back to me I change my mind and just call.
Pot is $56. The flop comes K74 . BB checks, I check and the button goes all in for $175. BB folds. That bet looks pretty fishy to me, but can I call here? Or just wait for a better spot to bust him?

Has the villain been raising every time he's on the button? Does he often go all in when there are callers and its checked to him? Has he been shown as capable of pure bluffs all in?

Personally I'd swear and fold, I've seen K2 too often in similar situations. By calling the bet pre flop the only flop I think you should find playable is one without an ace or king.


Calling in these spots is something I'm trying to cut down on, I ask myself whether I'm sufficently sure I'm ahead that I can accomodate the times he has something like 7-9 and hits his second pair. I know this is something that should be thought on flops with potential draws, but I still think it's relevant to the concept of 'Am I likely to have the winning hand at the end?', rather than 'Do I have the best hand now?'

So what happened?

Molina

He was raising on the button with crap like J8s and then showing if everyone folded.
His flop play was fairly normal. This was the first time he went all in and the first time he made a huge bet like this.

Theres no reason to make that bet with AA or KQ or anything like that. It looked to me like he had a middle pair or had nothing at all.

You didn't really mention any suiting here, so I assume there was no flush. Maybe 5-6 for a straight draw? Why would he go all in here? It seems like it would be a bluff but the flop is so uncoordinated I don't think it makes any sense.

I folded and he showed AQ. I knew he had nothing but didnt want to call that much anyway. I figured if he wanted to bluff that much off he would be easy to bust later.