When do you play QJo?

[Pirc Defense]

Quite frankly QJo is one of my most hated, yet sometimes playable hands. I prefer the situation to be quite nice before I venture into the water with it.

What things must be right for you to play this hand?

P.S. Having the stars aligned just so is NOT a plausible answer.

[Monty Cantsin]

On or very, very, very near the button. For one bet or open raised by me. And not always.

/mc

very dependent on table/enemies, but in general: open raise in middle position, call in middle position after a couple limpers, call in late position with one or more limpers.

[golFUR]

The very first hand, UTG, in a tiny little SnG.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t10 (10 handed)

UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1000)
CO (t1000)
Button (t1000)
SB (t1000)
BB (t1000)
Hero (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero calls t10, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises to t20</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls t20, SB folds, BB calls t10, Hero calls t10.

Flop: (t85) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets t85</font>, Button folds, BB folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t170</font>, MP1 calls t85.

Turn: (t425) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t180</font>, MP1 calls t180.

River: (t785) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t185</font>, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: t970

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero has Jd Qs (two pair, queens and jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins t970. </font>

[Losing all]

blinds or steal. Button or CO if everything is perfect.

[sprmario]

I recently finished my first month of really careful tracking of my poker results and this is my single biggest losing hand. I plan to play it very very carefully in the future. Hands like QJo, JTo, QTs, and A9o are big losers for me. They just look good and you think they will be good but they end up causing so much trouble. Now I play them in very late position (CO, Button, and in the blinds) and never in raised pots. Hopefully my results w/ them will be better next month.

[stoxtrader]

I make .07BB/hand with QJo over 671 trials. I will never play it in a raised pot except from the BB. I will open raise with it from 4 or less off the button and I will overlimp or raise a limper if he is weak.

my VPIP with it is 33.3% and PFR is 17%.
hope that helps.

[pudley4]

QTs is a much stronger multiway hand than the other 3 you mention. You don't need to be nearly as careful with this hand, as long as there are multiple players in the hand.