The Queens Hand

So Sharkerfish has been trying to play people ... bets out, stays in pots, and basically tries to be a bully. Big bets often = full of air. Case in point, this hand:

99 in UTG + 1: http://www.pokerhand.org/?614040

He leads out big which is like saying "I'VE GOT SOMETHING!!!" He gets called by both of us. The turn is checked around, and he leads out big on the river. I thought he was full of crap so I just went all in (I had no fold equity at this point - I basically put him on nothing).

This meant that he would pull this crap in the future - try to outplay people and be clever.

Now ... the Queens hand. I get QQ in the SB: http://www.pokerhand.org/?614028

We are both very deep - about 2 buy-ins worth.

He raises as he often does and I repop him. As expected, he calls. Beautiful flop - I can already sense that we are going to get some serious money in there. I lead out weakly - $7.00 or so into $13.00. He calls.

The turn fills me up - Queens full of 6's. At this point, I don't want to slow down, but I want to keep him in. I'm out of position, so I also realize he's playing that. I bet $12.00 and he calls.

The river is irrelevant. At this point I want to "give up" on the hand. I showed strength throughout the hand but he's apparently stronger. So I check. As expected, he pushes $40 (a little less than a buy-in) in there. Bam - I re-pop him and he insta-folds. $131 pot ... ship it!

Whenever I flop a monster on a non-scary board vs. an aggressive player to my left, I bet the flop, check the turn, and let them hang themselves. A few examples:

Pocket Kings: http://www.pokerhand.org/?614104

Pocket Queens: http://www.pokerhand.org/?614115

A key component to this working is being out of position.