[Closed] NL100 SH: QQ in 3bet pot on K high flop

I think so. The only thing I would change is the size of cbet. I think with AK on this board you probably bet more like $17-18 and since we want to rep that hand (or better) we need to bet like we mean it.
Maybe judge can confirm; bet sizing is one of my biggest problems...

Imo the 1/2 pot-bet is fine.
It's also my standard-betsize for every 3bet pot - HU-scenario on the flop.
Usually you don't need to protect too much, this is almost always a wa/wb situation.
Here he can't even have A :heart:Q :heart:, and Q :heart:J so the only dangerous drawing hands left are A :heart:J and 2 combinations of QJs.

We bet bigger in normal raised pots because we want to be able to get as much of our stack in as possible, in a 3bet pot like this you can 1/2 pot on all streets and still be all in comfortably by the river.

We bet bigger in normal raised pots because we want to be able to get as much of our stack in as possible, in a 3bet pot like this you can 1/2 pot on all streets and still be all in comfortably by the river.

I see - thanks for that. So its not really about protection.

Originally posted by Tim64

We bet bigger in normal raised pots because we want to be able to get as much of our stack in as possible, in a 3bet pot like this you can 1/2 pot on all streets and still be all in comfortably by the river.

I see - thanks for that. So its not really about protection.

It still depends, when you're up against a fish who will call in any case I'd still bet bigger, but in general 1/2 pot bets are so close to optimal against the majority of ranges of regs that I usually stick to it.
And even if it was non-optimal or even bad because they have a lot of draws which they get the odds to call with - most of the time they're raising with them anyway, so you're actually protecting more by betting smaller because it induces raises.