How do I play Queens?

Author: Simon Dexter

Guys,

Playing in one of your online tournaments recently, I found myself on the big blind with pocket queens. The action meandered around the table, five players limping in before it got back to me.

With such decent cards, I felt it necessary to eliminate any ace-rag hands, so my bet was made at 1.5 times the pot. The action duly folded to the button who called, which enabled the pair of us to go to the flop which came out 10c, 7s, 4d. As this looked fairly innocuous, I checked the flop, but my opponent made a pot-sized bet which prompted me to go all-in. It made me wonder what this guy was thinking – he either assumed I had a monster hand or else that I was making a move from the big blind.

He called my all-in bet and revealed a K-10 offsuited. In other words, I felt he had misread me. However, the turn came – a 10d - followed by a Jd on the river. Curtains! But I felt I’d done the right thing and it’s bugged me ever since. What do you think?
ADAMX129

POKER GURU:
You did the right thing, betting with a premium hand on a harmless-looking flop, especially as you had multiple callers to your pre-flop raise. In such an instance, merely checking and allowing another player to bet would have told you nothing about what they had. You should not be disappointed with your play because a) you were favourite going to the turn and b) you made the correct decision, even though you eventually bombed out. The other guy got lucky so its a badbeat story for your friends.

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