Bmeister51
Straight
Just my opinion but I’d rather play smaller pots with those kinda hands because you’re only able to get the maximum profit on wet boards which puts you in tough spots and you’re gonna be wrong some times.65%. In the aggregate folding QQ pre flop is not profitable but you’d be surprised how many times you’ll lose your stack with queens or jacks. I treat queens and jacks like pocket 7s honestly but I play higher stakes. More often than not you’ll lose a big pot with queens or jacks and win a small one. People overvalue those hands far too often.
Even at the bottom of most people’s 4 bet or even 3 bet ranges you’re up against AK and if you don’t shove and get a clean board you’re not gonna get any value from a hand like that anyways. So If you think about it you’re only getting paid off on queens or jacks on a super wet board where your opponent either has a range advantage, they have a redraw to the nuts, or they’re gonna fold because they came up dry.
Just my opinion but it’s been my experience in folding those kinda hands pre flop. Trusting your instincts is super important if you’re playing optimally. Making bigger folds is a hard lesson to learn but it’s the difference between good players and great players.
Folding is hard but it can actually be a really essential part of your game to learn to fold.
Calling with these hands is usually the better play honestly. You don’t have to play a big pot every time you have pocket pairs.
My example is that I’ve folded King’s pre flop exactly 3 times in my life. All three times I was right and got Shown aces... again.... just my opinion