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Originally Posted by VerdantDevil
I flat QJ on the turn 100% of the time if I have AQJx or KQJx
That feels like flatting when you turn the nut straight with a flush draw. I tend to like raising when I might be freerolling someone, unless my opponent likes to bluff too many scare cards.
You have to go with reads on this hand. If it's a blocking bet, it's more likely to be 88 than Q8. I feel he would either bet larger on the flop or check with Q8, unless you have seen him bet this small with the nut boat before.
If MP is a reasonably tight player, he shouldn't have too many Qxxx hands that don't have a J or a T. If he is sophisticated enough and you're not an idiot, he should recognize that your 3betting Qxxx range should include a lot of cards that are close in rank to a queen, so you should often have QJ or QT yourself when you don't fold, so you should be a bit concerned that he doesn't seem afraid that your range should have a lot of queens full hands.
However, I don't necessarily hate a bluff because if his range is QJ/QT, he might fold 50% of that range to a significant raise. It's just a question of whether you can find a profitable raise size that gets him to fold QT.
LOL if he has quads, though.