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Well this is how the hand played out.
bdawg56 calls [$44.60].
bdawg56 shows [ Qs, Qd ] a pair of queens.
aaronsc doesn't show [ 6h, Kh ] high card ace.
bdawg56 wins $143.70 from the main pot with a pair of queens.
Here is my thinking. I found a large all in bet on the river to be very suspicious, simply becuase I could not think of a hand other than a bluff that he could be on. I think many times when the aggressor overbets on the river it is a value bet a large percentage of the time, but when a guy smooth calls the flop and turn, then overbets the river, it seems to be a bluff the majority of the time. Agree? Don't you think a marginal holding like Tx or even Ahxh that just hit top pair checks behind here for the free showdown? The only hand I was worried about was AT, but I would think AT makes a value bet here, something like $20. Also, I thought that it was unlikely for villian to be holding a 3, other than 33, but 33 would've folded long ago.
To clarify, I think this is a no-brainer laydown without a read, but here I had a read, so things were different. The reason I checked on the river was to hopefully get a free showdown and party to let villian bluff if he had a busted draw. Of course villian could be using this psychology against me, but that's the risk I took when I called.
As far as reraising w/QQ, I think it totally depends on position and your read on the raiser. If he is on the lag side, I like a reraise with or without position. If villian is tight, I will reraise with position and smooth call out of position.
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