There’s not much reason to pass any marginal edge in a cash game, pretty much only if you’re tilt prone or underrolled (both of which would if anything suggest being more conservative at higher stakes.) Nothing about a marginal edge prevents you from taking the easier money in better spots as well.

Whether 5-betting 22, even in a blind battle, is an edge at all is a separate question. You’d have to have a dynamic where people are 4-bet-calling stuff like AT before your 22 starts to have better equity vs. his range than a lot of other hands. Not to mention the fact that if you are getting 4-bet that often, flatting rather than 3-betting 22 might also be more desirable.

All of that said, FWF is certainly a better player than I am. Maybe he was tilting, or maybe he just knows something I don’t.

Thanks for sharing, Mac.

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fwf says himself he’s one of the lighter 5bettors online, haha

Even if there were 30 people at the table, once 26 of them have folded, the situation is the same. What matters is how many players are left to act behind you, not how many already folded in front of you.

Would it be a mistake to fold this? In a game theory sense, yes- it would be an exploitable mistake. Queens are way too close to the top of your CO raising range to fold them for 100BBs.

That said, you can and should fold (or flat call rather than 4-bet) them if you have a read that your opponent has an exploitably tight 5-betting range. This is probably a little more true of the average FR player than the average 6-max player, but without a specific read I still would probably 4-bet and get it in.

In this hand, Villain was DaEvils, better known as FoxwoodsFiend. We have very little history together, but I’m sure he’s a good enough player that I can profitably get it in with Q’s here.

A. Did you have reads on this villain?
B. Is it a mistake to not stack off in this situation, FR?