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While there’s no argument that QQ is one of the most powerful starting hands in no limit Hold’em, it also could be challenging to wager on correctly. The trademark of a excellent player is one who can win massive pots although losing tiny ones. What this means is always that the best players minimize their losses when they do lose a hand and maximize their profit once they win. Queen, Queen is one of the beginning hands that separate the succeeding gamblers and the losing ones.

When you might be first to act or the initial gambler who has not limped into the pot, you should raise most of the time. You will find two reasons for this. The initial is you do not want anyone to see the flop for cheap, specifically arms with an Ace and small kicker. The 2nd reason is that you need to do everything it is possible to to locate the energy of your respective opponents hands. By raising, if one of one’s opponents re-raises and/or moves all in, you may possess a tricky determination to make, but you may possibly be able to have away from the palm when you believe your challenger has Ace, Ace or KK. This is the absolute worst position to be in. In addition, QQ plays very best against one or two opponents. You should keep all of one’s pre flop raises roughly the identical to not give away the energy of your respective hand, usually three or four occasions the major blind.

Playing QQ soon after the flop is usually straightforward. If you’ve got proven energy by raising pre flop, continue to show strength until one of your respective opponents convinces you that they possess a far better hand. This includes when an Ace hits around the flop. You must bet to represent an Ace in your hand. In case you verify, you’re giving your opponents permission to steal the pot from you, as you may have to fold to a bet. When you bet and an opponent calls or raises, you then must choose if they really possess a much better side or not. In most cases they will possess a better hands because you may have shown strength two periods and they must respect your palm, until you’ve been betting too loose.

You’ll find a few situations in which I will verify after the flop. They both occur when I am in the palm with an aggressive challenger and I feel I have the perfect hand. The very first is when a Queen hits to the flop giving me trips. By checking, rarely will a free of charge card hurt me if my challenger does not bet and this gives them a chance to bluff off far more chips to me. The other situation is when the flop does not have an Ace and appears ragged. My plan when this happens would be to move all in when my challenger bets soon after I check. There is danger in both of these situations, in particular the later one. Your opponent may well have hit a set, in which case you might be drawing virtually dead. Nevertheless, I’ve discovered that the times they can’t beat my hand far outweigh the periods they can, so these situations are profitable.

The key to each of these is that you must be sure your challenger will take the bait and bet. Giving free cards may be harmful. I tend not to do this when two cards of the similar suit are around the flop unless of course I did flop a set. Whenever you flop a set, you’ve a lot of outs to a full house, even towards a flush. The other thing is usually that these plays do not work very well towards the most effective competition. They are going to respect your hands and will likely be less likely to bluff at the pot immediately after you verify until you do a excellent job of acting weak. After showing pre flop strength, this is generally difficult.