Pocket Queens, $50 stakes, Lojack — won the biggest pot of my short career ($50K), was I right to call against a possible flush?

Preflop: If people are cold-calling $500 pre, you can exploitatively go even bigger.

Flop: I would strongly consider 3betting on the flop. You're only losing to KK which neither V should have given preflop action. The board is very draw-heavy and there are a ton of turn cards that kill future action. If a S comes, Kx or 2pair may fold which is kind of a disaster since that's exactly the type of hand you want to get value from. If you 3bet and get 4bet, I'd be looking to rip it in on the flop expecting to be a favorite.

Turn: I like the raise here. If you make it 5300 and one player calls, the pot will be 18700 and you'll have ~12000 left behind. That's about perfect for a 2/3 pot shove on the river.

River: I'd do a ton of calling here. I don't think people are finding the proper bluffs on the flop with backdoor flush draws and so I think it's pretty unlikely either V has a flush here. If frontdoor spades got there, I'd probably snap fold, but with the backdoor getting there I am calling a lot.

Nah ur getting way too good of pot odds to fold a set. If the turn came spade ok maybe different story, but you still probably have to call with a set. The flush is going to be bluffed enough here to justify this. A lot of your opponents range will want to jam bluffs on the river here. You also have a diamond in your hand, which substantially reduces the chances your opponents have a flush. CO would be trapping with a flush draw based on the betting patterns, kind of weird to do. I think the only hand you're really losing to here when you call is pocket kings. He could be trapping with KK versus the flush draw, but that's about the only hand that beats you with this betting line that makes sense to me.

Seems justified to me.

There's no straight. You are only beat by KK and two diamonds and you have the Qd in your hand. CO flatted your open preflop, making KK less likely.

CO raised your flop bet, which is a weird move with anything but AK, KQ, or 33, all of which you have beat. Could also have AXss for the NFD or JTss for the open-ender + flush draw, but none of those end up getting there. KK is also a possibility, but again I think this is less likely after he flats the preflop bet. AXdd probably flats or folds here.

Turn is essentially a blank since most AXdd is folded out here. Villain can't have AQdd since you have Qd. I like the turn raise here, I suspect UTG +2 has AXss.

River is also close to a blank, but does complete the BDFD, which as I've mentioned before, is not likely to make it this far.

Only value left for villain to have here is AK or 33, both of which you beat. There is a small chance of KK or two diamonds, but not a large enough chance to fold. So I say it's a good call.

Here's my logic for the call on the river: "If he had pocket kings, he would have raised on the flop instead of calling.

Villain DID raise on the flop, maybe you mean preflop.

This is clearly not USD stakes, you need to 3b flop - CO should never have KK here and UTG2 cold called, you need to be pumping money into this pot

On the river it’s a crime you checked

what currency is this in? Everyones lines seem terrible

Preflop: agree. Flop: I'd 3-bet to 7000 to build the pot more. Both players likely getting pot odds to call. CO may even 4 bet with top pair/top kicker. UTG+2 probably has a flush or straight draw the way he played the hand; important to charge him heavy to see the next card.

Turn: agree with checkraise. River: easy call. The backdoor flush is unlikely, probably has a set of 7s, 2 pair, or his actual hand.

river spade you can maybe fold, but river diamond never. villain's story isn't consistent with making a backdoor flush, especially with your holding the queen of diamonds.

If you have a “short career” and you’re playing deep stacked 25/50, I am extremely jealous of whatever profession you have as a day job, or alternatively the insane amount of luck you’ve had to build that roll