Call the 3-bet or 4-bet with QQ? 2/5 NL
The game is 2/5 NL, full-ring (9-handed).
First villain (V1) is mostly unknown to me. He seems to be tilting pretty badly by being a LAGtard pre-flop, but less insane post-flop. In an emotionally stable state, I think V1 is a small long-term winner.
Other villain (V2) is a good and observent reg. He 3-bets a lot when he suspects others are opening too widely, as V1 was doing while tilting. Has the guts to call down with A-high vs suspected big bluffs.
My image was very tight and timid, but, really, my hole cards had been pretty bad and boards had wrecked my few decent hands, e.g. KsQs8s flop when I 3-bet with 9h9d and get 4 callers. It had been like this for at least 2 hours.
Both Villains are good enough to notice... and V2's a good enough reg that any change to my image over the long-run does actually matter.
Other players are not relevant to the hand, other than their deep stacks encouraging bigger open raise sizes.
I'm the effective stack against key villains at ~$1000.
Pre-Flop ($7)
V1 is UTG and opens to $35. (A common open size at this table due to deep stacks.)
V2 in UTG+1 3b! to $125.
MP folds.
Hero in LJ looks down at Q♥Q♠ and... ?
I'll put my thinking in a spoiler. Consider replying first before replying. :-)
Spoiler
Tilty V1's range is so wide that QQ should raise against him for value 100% of the time.
I think but don't really know that V2's range would raise for value and isolation with quite a few hands.
On the other hand, their positions are very early, so I can perhaps weight the top of their range a little more heavily.
Option 1: Flat. V2 and maybe V1 will know my range is 99-QQ, AKo, AQs. This turns my hand face up. But it might keep in a lot of crappy hands in that I crush... and I am IP.
Option 2: 4-bet to, say, $325. I do need to protect against both an A and a K coming on the board. I need value from most pairs, AK and AQ. But can I actually get action of any type from anything other than AA or KK? What would you do against a V1 or V2 shove?
Option 3: Jam. Can I get called by anything other than AA or KK?
Obviously, I can't fold. But given my image, any involvement in this pot will scream "PREMIUM HAND" to both V1 and definitely V2. Given that, I'm not sure which option is best. I lean towards Option 2 with a bet-fold plan.
What do you think?
