I think it's fine to call pre flop, we're both deep so the implied odds are indeed there. It's a tough spot, I really don't like his check on the flop. He doesn't seem concerned about the diamonds, he's letting you see a free card. It stinks of QQ/KK, but it could be AA/AK worried you have a queen. Your bet seems to me too large, why pot it with a full house? When he raises it's very worrying. Can he have AQ? I don't think so, he would bet the flop for sure. I can't think what he can take this line with that we beat, but then I don't think I'm ever folding a solid full house at 2nl. (by solid, I mean villain needs two hole cards to beat us, a turn king or queen would make our full house very weak).
If we call this raise, the pot will just over $2. One might imagine a river bet would then be around $1.40 maybe. We can avoid stacking off here but I don't think I fold.
But if this is KK/QQ and we do lose our stack, it's not a problem. How much do you lose with a full house compared to how much you win? This will happen from time to time, we'll have the near nuts but they'll have the nuts. But that works both ways, sometimes you'll have KK/QQ here and they'll have 44.
And off the off chance he has KQ, that's ok, make a note so we know in future he can 3bet KQ on the button against an early position raiser.
Don't be concerned about the times where we lose our stack with a near-nut hand, be concerned about the times you're calling raises with top pair, or stacking off light against short stacks.
For what it's worth, I think anyone who can fold this is fucking awesome.
Originally Posted by wufwugy
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