OP against Recreational

Is a raise the desired action on the flop? Having a blocker to a fairly high fd...

I don't like 3 betting the flop here. What are we hoping to achieve? We only get worse hands to fold and end up building a pot for hands that currently beat us and possibly drawing more less dead to.

I do not like the raise too. We make him fold all weaker.

I reraised because the flop was already very coordinated and I wanted the opponent to fold his projects. In the turn there are many cards I don't want to see: A, K, 6, T...even a club would not give me the higher flush.

Also, he was recreational, so he could be reraising me as a (semi) bluff.

Still, you dont achieve anything really. Accept that QQ is a great hand preflop but on this flop it is not the best anymore.

You don't have to fight every pot just because you have a premium hand pre-flop. Bet small and if opp continues you rather want showdown.

Originally posted by Ins1deout
Still, you dont achieve anything really. Accept that QQ is a great hand preflop but on this flop it is not the best anymore.

You don't have to fight every pot just because you have a premium hand pre-flop. Bet small and if opp continues you rather want showdown.

I see, so call mini raise and re-evaluate turn sounds better?

It is a border line call...

I'm not sure if I like the flop bet either. If you bet there it can be around 1/3pot. After you face a raise it is close whether you can call or not but by 3betting there you only isolate yourself against strong range.