While there is no argument that QQ is one of the most powerful starting palms in no limit Texas hold em, it also can be challenging to play correctly. The trademark of a excellent gambler is one who can win massive pots though losing smaller ones. What this means is that the very best gamblers minimize their losses once they do lose a palm and maximize their profit once they win. QQ is one of the beginning hands that separate the succeeding players and the losing ones.
When you are 1st to act or the initial gambler who hasn’t limped into the pot, you ought to raise most of the time. There are 2 reasons for this. The primary is you don’t want anyone to see the flop for cheap, specifically hands with an Ace and smaller kicker. The 2nd reason is that you simply need to do everything you’ll be able to to discover the power of your opponents hands. By raising, if one within your opponents re-raises and/or moves all in, you will have a hard determination to make, except you may well be able to obtain away from the hands if you believe your challenger has Ace, Ace or King, King. This is the absolute worst position to be in. In addition, QQ plays ideal in opposition to one or 2 opponents. You need to maintain all of your pre flop raises roughly the exact same to not give away the power of one’s side, usually three or four situations the massive blind.
Playing QQ following the flop is usually straightforward. If you’ve shown power by raising pre flop, continue to show power until one of one’s opponents convinces you that they have a better hand. This includes when an Ace hits to the flop. You must bet to represent an Ace in your hand. If you check, you will be giving your opponents permission to steal the pot from you, as you are going to need to fold to a bet. When you wager and an opponent calls or raises, you then must choose if they really have a better palm or not. In most cases they are going to have a better side because you’ve proven energy 2 times and they need to respect your side, except you’ve got been playing too loose.
You will discover a few circumstances by which I will examine following the flop. They both take place when I am in the hands with an aggressive challenger and I feel I have the most beneficial hand. The initial is when a Queen hits to the flop giving me trips. By checking, rarely will a free of charge card hurt me if my opponent does not wager and this gives them a chance to bluff off extra chips to me. The other situation is when the flop does not have an Ace and appears ragged. My plan when this happens is to move all in when my challenger wagers immediately after I check. There’s danger in the two of these scenarios, particularly the later one. Your opponent may possibly have hit a set, by which case you will likely be drawing nearly dead. Nonetheless, I’ve found that the situations they can’t beat my palm far outweigh the instances they can, so these circumstances are profitable.
The key to the two of these is that you must be positive your challenger will take the bait and bet. Giving free of cost cards may be harmful. I do not do this when two cards of the similar suit are on the flop unless of course I did flop a set. Once you flop a set, you may have quite a few outs to a full house, even in opposition to a flush. The other thing is that these plays tend not to work really well against the best competition. They’ll respect your palm and might be less likely to bluff at the pot soon after you check unless of course you do a wonderful job of acting weak. After showing pre flop power, this is typically difficult.