While QQ is a powerhouse on low boards, a King turn significantly shifts the range advantage; we must switch to pot control rather than overplaying into a better range.
Flop Analysis
We have a massive equity advantage on this 7-high board, but our sizing is too aggressive. A smaller bet (20-33% pot) is preferred to keep the BB's wide range of high cards and marginal pairs in the pot.
**Sizing:** By betting 70% pot, we isolate ourselves against the strongest part of the BB's range (sets, straights, and strong 7x) while forcing out the hands we dominate like A-high or small pocket pairs.
**Ranges:** Our range advantage is high (56%), but it's driven by our overpairs. Using a small size allows us to bet our entire range more frequently, including our own A-high hands that need to deny equity.
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> **Takeaway:** On low, disconnected boards as the preflop raiser, use small c-bet sizes to maximize value from the wide, weak range the Big Blind is forced to defend.
Note: Sizing is too large; a small bet (1.1BB - 1.7BB) better manipulates the BB's wide defending range.
Turn Analysis
The King is a disastrous card for our specific hand. We have plummeted from an overpair to a second pair, and our hand now functions primarily as a bluff-catcher rather than a value hand.
**Ranges:** The BB has many Kx combos (K7s, K5s, KTs, KJo) that called the flop and now beat us. Shoving here is 'turning a made hand into a bluff,' but we lack fold equity against the hands that currently have us beat.
**Plan:** Checking back is mandatory. It allows us to realize our equity and potentially catch bluffs on the river. By shoving, we only get called by Kx, sets, or straights, and we fold out everything we were already beating.
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> **Takeaway:** When the board brings an overcard to your pocket pair, shift to pot control; don't turn a hand with showdown value into a low-equity bluff.
Note: Shoving the turn is a significant error; the King hits the BB's calling range hard, making a check-back the only viable play to realize equity.