25/50NL QQ Hand (Not Me)

[DonkiFornication]

I saw this on a HSNL forum with some very tough contributors, not 4 but I won't say where. I edited it because it was a straight HH copy/paste and I'll keep people anonymous because it isn't a free forum. Maybe this is against the terms I agreed to- who knows. The responses seemed completely asinine to me.:

Villain seems like a good tag though I don't really have many hands with him. He knows I'm pretty LAG and could easily be on a squeeze here, but the small 4 bet made me think he def could be v big here (aa/kk obv)



Full Tilt Poker Game #***********************: Table Sonador (6 max) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:08:44 ET - 2007/03/02

Seat 2: CO ($4 975)
Seat 3: Hero ($4 848.85)
Seat 4: SB ($13 604.90)
Seat 5: BB ($10 142)
Seat 6: UTG ($5 547)
SB posts the small blind of $25
BB posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #3

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero

UTG raises to $175
CO calls $175
Button has 15 seconds left to act
Button raises to $850
SB folds
BB folds
UTG has 15 seconds left to act
UTG raises to $2 450
CO folds
Hero ???

[black_knight6]

Looks like hero is in trouble. The range is likely TT-AA and AK/AQ...on balance, looks like hero is behind that range. Can't call for set value, obv...it's fold or push, I say fold.

[Triple B]

[Schuster]

The original posters comment about the small rerererereraise doesn't really make sense. UTG has priced out set draws regardless of the fact that the raise isn't huge since the stacks aren't that deep. He should expect hero to fold or play whether he makes it what he did, 3k, shove, etc. Against a sophisticated opponent I would probably fold since he would know that I'd expect him to flat call with AA and may reraise and try to throw me off. Against most players I'd just shove since AA is most likely not in his range, and AK and JJ seem more likely, along with the obvious KK. It's 55/45 against a range like that, but with the dead money, definitely plus EV. Ship a queen as needed.

Lee