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WSOP Big 50 Day 2A: Aggressively four-betting with QQ

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June 16, 2019 - 12:56 am

I want to get people’s opinion about a hand I played in the recent Big 50 at the WSOP. I bagged 216,000 chips at the end of Day 1A. Two levels in to Day 2A I have slid to 160,000 chips. I lost some chips when my AK did not improve and otherwise I have been pretty card dead. I have stolen blinds a couple of times, but with circuit crusher and table chip leader Maurice Hawkins two to my left I don’t want to get too crazy. There is at least one other pro at the table (at least he talks like he is on the pro circuit). Blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 BBA. I think the money bubble is 60+ minutes away (not positive).

In the hand in question, UTG has about 250,000 chips. He has not been playing a ton of hands but when he has raised from early position he has folded to a three bet a couple of times already. He seems somewhat timid to me. He raises to 15,000 chips.

UTG+2 has easily been the most active player at the table. He is playing a ton of hands. He is second in chips at the table with I would guess 350,000 chips (behind only Hawkins who has heaps). He three-bets to 40,000. This does not need to mean he has a big hand given his propensity to three bet light.

It folds to me on the button, and I have QQ. Given that UTG has shown a willingness to back down from early position raises when reraised along with the fact that UTG+2 is playing a wide range of cards aggressively I decide to push all of my 160,000 chips into the middle.

The small blind and big blind fold. UTG goes deep into the tank for like three minutes. I am starting to think I might be in great shape, but UTG eventually either calls or goes all in himself (I forget which).

UTG+2 insta folds JJ face up.

I turn over my QQ. UTG shows AA. Damn.

On the flop there is a queen in the window and I am happy for half a second before the dealer spreads the third card which is an ace. I don’t improve and my trip queens lose to trip aces, and I am out of the tournament.

My question is whether I was correct to four-bet all-in with QQ preflop?

If I just call the UTG+2 three-bet, UTG undoubtedly puts me all in and am I folding QQ at that point? But that’s not really my question. My question is if I should have played it any differently preflop than four-betting all-in given the situation I have described? Or was my aggressive four-bet proper?

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June 17, 2019 - 7:58 am

If I’m reading this right you’re sitting on ~27bb. I think flatting the 3bet for a quarter of your stack is never an option, so the only question is whether we like folding QQ facing this action.

Despite two raises from early position, QQ looks like the nuts to me given our stack. Unless both players are extremely nitty I don’t think I’m doing anything other than shipping it in. I wouldn’t hate shipping JJ here, it’s probably close but we’ve got some fold equity vs. both villains’ ranges and ~36% equity vs a calling range of QQ+,AK. QQ has just over 40% equity against the same calling range. I’m probably shoving JJ+ and AK here.

Sidenote, I’m snap folding everything other than KK+ as UTG2 after seeing you and UTG shove. You don’t have nearly as much information when making your decision, and I think you pick up the pot uncontested more than often enough to make up for the fact that we’re rarely in great shape when called.