Did I play this right

[trafficjam]

The person in BB is an aggressive player.  I have 5710 and BB has 6,500. Blinds are 120 and 60.

I am next to the small blind and I have  QQ I raise to 300 everyone folds to BB and he does all in.  I fold - should I have taken the chance and called.

[MANTIS01]

Excuse me?

[cambo]

The person in BB is an aggressive player.  I have 5710 and BB has 6,500. Blinds are 120 and 60.

I am next to the small blind and I have  QQ I raise to 300 everyone folds to BB and he does all in.  I fold - should I have taken the chance and called.

surely no lol

[Colchester Kev]

Guys, the OP is a poker novice, pretty new to the game.

The comp in question is a 1200 runner $10 comp on blonde .. those of you that follow the threads in the rail will know that this comp is a minefield because of the standard of play.

Please factor the above in when wording a reply.


Thanks

[trafficjam]

I apologise if I seem thick but had trouble with this person for quite a few hands - he was aggressive all through and I kept folding good hands to him.  I wonder sometimes if I should take more chances but didn't want to put myself out of the tournament early in the game. If it was KK or AA I would have called or AK but for some reason I am wary of QQ. I just wanted to know what most people would do. Thanks

[booder]

so you would call with Ace high but not a pair of Queens ?   If this is the ipoker  10k then i snap here   esp if the aforementioned aggressive guy is French

[MANTIS01]

This tournament has 1,200 runners so you will be required to take a number of chances multiple times if you hope to fair well. Given the relatively low entry fee and the aggressive nature of your opponent you have a realistic expectation of holding the best hand. This not wanting to go out emotion is a weakness that can be exploited by aggressive players, as in this hand, and it will lead to weak exploitable poker. Calling and felting the guy who's been beating you down is what makes poker good and it is also strategically correct.

[mondatoo]

so you would call with Ace high but not a pair of Queens ?   If this is any comp i snap here   esp if the aforementioned aggressive guy is French

FYP,plz don't ever fold here.Obviously this is a genuine request for analysis so anyone who puts sarcastic comments is just a knob as it's not the expert hand analysis board,i just don't see why you would fold in this spot against aggro oppo his range is made up off a lot more hands than just those that beat you;77+,AJ+ and tbf his range is probably wider than this.The times when you are behind it's just a cooler but please don't ever fold in this spot again,and gl at the tables

[trafficjam]

so you would call with Ace high but not a pair of Queens ?   If this is any comp i snap here   esp if the aforementioned aggressive guy is French

FYP,plz don't ever fold here.Obviously this is a genuine request for analysis so anyone who puts sarcastic comments is just a knob as it's not the expert hand analysis board,i just don't see why you would fold in this spot against aggro oppo his range is made up off a lot more hands than just those that beat you;77+,AJ+ and tbf his range is probably wider than this.The times when you are behind it's just a cooler but please don't ever fold in this spot again,and gl at the tables

Thanks for clear reply.  Firstly I think I posted on the wrong board it should have been the learning centre. Secondly, I don't know where the player was from but what put me off this time was that when anyone took the chance on him, he won the pot that is what made me so cautious.  I do often take chances but for some reason this person did make me feel intimidated and was so pleased when I moved tables.

[mondatoo]

so you would call with Ace high but not a pair of Queens ?   If this is any comp i snap here   esp if the aforementioned aggressive guy is French

FYP,plz don't ever fold here.Obviously this is a genuine request for analysis so anyone who puts sarcastic comments is just a knob as it's not the expert hand analysis board,i just don't see why you would fold in this spot against aggro oppo his range is made up off a lot more hands than just those that beat you;77+,AJ+ and tbf his range is probably wider than this.The times when you are behind it's just a cooler but please don't ever fold in this spot again,and gl at the tables

Thanks for clear reply.  Firstly I think I posted on the wrong board it should have been the learning centre. Secondly, I don't know where the player was from but what put me off this time was that when anyone took the chance on him, he won the pot that is what made me so cautious.  I do often take chances but for some reason this person did make me feel intimidated and was so pleased when I moved tables.

You need to stop having that mindset;i.e i don't want to play against him because he keeps winning all the time.You are most likely 70/30 or even 80/20 % to win this hand so you shouldn't ever be folding here in this spot.I'm not saying you can't ever fold QQ pre flop but in this spot you literally can't ever fold it

[celtic]

This tournament has 1,200 runners so you will be required to take a number of chances multiple times if you hope to fair well. Given the relatively low entry fee and the aggressive nature of your opponent you have a realistic expectation of holding the best hand. This not wanting to go out emotion is a weakness that can be exploited by aggressive players, as in this hand, and it will lead to weak exploitable poker. Calling and felting the guy who's been beating you down is what makes poker good and it is also strategically correct.

Call.

[Bongo]

I apologise if I seem thick but had trouble with this person for quite a few hands - he was aggressive all through and I kept folding good hands to him.

If he keeps raising you and you keep folding how do you think he sees you?

[AlexMartin]

This tournament has 1,200 runners so you will be required to take a number of chances multiple times if you hope to fair well. Given the relatively low entry fee and the aggressive nature of your opponent you have a realistic expectation of holding the best hand. This not wanting to go out emotion is a weakness that can be exploited by aggressive players, as in this hand, and it will lead to weak exploitable poker. Calling and felting the guy who's been beating you down is what makes poker good and it is also strategically correct.

Call.

does your answer change if your holding is K10s senor vincenzo?

[trafficjam]

Thanks for all your comments. I posted this immediately after the hand while still playing as I really knew I had done a dumb thing and needed a rollicking for being such an idiot and I had no one with me to rant at. 

I think really that at the time I was going by my gut instinct (which is often right) and QQ is my Nemesis but was kicking myself for not taking the chance, also there were reasons why I was playing more cautious here which I don't usually do, I don't think I am a weak player.

I thought afterwards I have really set myself up to look really dumb - to be honest I am!  lol   

[celtic]

This tournament has 1,200 runners so you will be required to take a number of chances multiple times if you hope to fair well. Given the relatively low entry fee and the aggressive nature of your opponent you have a realistic expectation of holding the best hand. This not wanting to go out emotion is a weakness that can be exploited by aggressive players, as in this hand, and it will lead to weak exploitable poker. Calling and felting the guy who's been beating you down is what makes poker good and it is also strategically correct.

Call.

does your answer change if your holding is K10s senor vincenzo?



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Pffft, if I have a king (which is a picture card) and a ten both sooooted then I have the flush draw and possible run then I don't even timebank this one. Binkity Bink cheque book and pen ftw.