I got into a pre-flop spot the other day that has been bothering me a bit. Villains stack size made me a bit unsure of the best play here.
Hero MP ($470) Very young looking, dressed nicely. I've been at the table a while but villain in this hand has only been here for about 40 minutes. I was playing very tight for the most part but had AA and KK in the last orbit and played both aggressively. Only the KK hand went to showdown and I was not 3bet with either.
Villain MP+1 ($193) Mid-late 20s, seems solid. Bought in for $300. He got into a hand where he tank called another players all in raise on a flop of Q
7
J
. Villain had QTo and the other guy had A
9
. Board ran out Q
7
J
9
9
to ship the pot the other way. He did not rebuy after this hand but did build his stack back up a little. He was visibly annoyed but I don't think he was tilted.
Preflop Dealt Q
Q
Two limpers, Hero raises to $10 (same open as with AA, KK), Villain fairly quickly raises to $40
I didn't like this spot too much because this was one of two or three players at the table that I felt was competent. He definitely should have noticed that I had been playing tight but opened up more in the past orbit. After his raise he has $153 behind. What is my best option here? I took a while to considered all three. If we just flat are we are basically set mining at that point? Seems to be a bit expensive to set mine. If we 4bet are we committing to getting it in pre if he shoves? Can we ever 4bet/fold given stacks? Is this just a sigh fold? I really didn't know what was best here and I don't usually find myself lost in pre-flop spots.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks for looking.