Buy in $125. 82 entries, pays 9, 21 left. Me an V are big stacks at table and probably 2 biggest stacks in tourney. V is directly to my left and has been whole tourney. Every hand hes showed has been solid ABC poker. He probably sees me as TAG. Only notable hand we played is he tank 3-bet my preflop raise once and instant folded to my 4-bet. Claims he had Queens.

Hand in question. Blinds 1k/2k. Effective stacks 100,000 ea.

Folded to me 2 off the button I raise to 5500 with Q10 he smooth calls both blinds fold.

Flop- 27Q

I bet 11,000 he smooth calls.

Turn- Q

I bet 20,000 and after about 8 seconds he goes all-in. Me? Also will gladly take advice on how I played the whole hand. Thanks.

Kind of a gross spot here since he would be right to smooth call top pair, 2 pair or trips on the flop given how dry it is.. 8 seconds is not a long time to make a decision so he clearly didn't put a lot of thought into it, maybe because it was an easy decision? He looks super strong in this spot, and probably wouldn't call your pre flop raise with anything less than QJ, so it's a hard decision, and you guys aren't that deep only about 50BB. I probably end up leveling myself into calling here but maybe a fold is acceptable if all you've seen is solid ABC poker from the guy.

If I bet flop, I'd probably check this turn so I can get trip queens into both my X/c line vs flop call and then I can bet my better queens as triple barrels. As played it's pretty close, I think I call QJ+ and fold this.

Man I have a hard time getting away from any pair and I'm considering folding. Tbh I would call and consider it getting dealt a game over the spazz I am.

What can he possibly have that you beat? Do you really think he calls worse Q's pf? No draws, and really no 2 pr on that flop. If I really believed my read of "solid ABC player" then I'd tank fold here.

I'm calling here, but that doesn't mean it's right. I just think if he has QT+ then he smooth calls you again. Don't see what he achieves by going all in? It's quite possible he's doing it with a flush draw + a pair (As7s?) this is real close though.. because i'm guessing A7s doesn't come along preflop?

Thanks for the responses. I end up tank folding showing the Queen when I muck. He shows AQ. Thanks again.

check flop

yeah b/f turn seems ok with these reads and situation

yep, check flop

and 4! this guy all day long

Very tough spot. You really have to rely on your read of V in this spot.