QQ bubble qualifier tight table

[Mr. D]

Edit: Blinds are small T500 big T1000.
6 handed. you're under the gun w/ QQ in 4th place, 5th pays $200, 4th and up are $300 tickets. UTG + 1 has T4000 CO has T7000 BUTTON has T10000 SB has T9000 and BB has T17000. You have about T8000. Table is tight, but tough. All players seem TAG and are trying to wait but making strong moves when appropriate. Whats your move?

You can't fold into a seat here, the guy in 6th is hoping someone goes out before he has to give up his chips, but one double up and he is right where you are at. You also have enough chips to severely cripple any one of these guys, and they are not likely to call you without AK or better if you push all your chips.

I push, if everyone folds, I have enough to still have 8000 chips after the blinds pass me, and if someone calls, I have a great hand to try to double up with. No way I fold this here, maybe if I had the 17000 stack, but not your stack.

[Mr. D]

I agree you can't fold, but is pushing the only way to go?

Would you rather raise half your chips and let BB see a flop for cheap with a weak ace, and catch something? I wouldn't. You have only 8 BBs, any decent raise commits half your chips (if you raise 3x the bb, and 2 overs come and they come out firing, you will hate the raise you made, fold, and lose 1.5bb next two hands leaving you at 3.5BBs, not good. So yeah, with your stack, only option I see is pushing.

I don't like limping either, you are asking a weaker hand to hit something on the flop to take all your chips.

[DJ Sensei]

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I agree you can't fold, but is pushing the only way to go?

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Yes, unless you like having your QQ beat by Ax or Kx garbage.