tough QQ hand...

[unfrgvn]

I read the JJ thread from Praying Mantis. This came up in my 10+1 today. I guess I should have had Lori's postings in mind before this hand.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t500 (3 handed)

Hero (t2092)
Button (t404)
SB (t5504)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif.
Button folds, SB raises to t1300, Hero raises to t2092 (All-In), SB calls t792.

Flop: (t4184) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

Turn: (t4184) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

River: (t4184) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: t4184

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Qh Qc (two pair, queens and twos).
SB shows Ac Th (two pair, aces and twos).
Outcome: SB wins t4184. </font>

In terms of having a chance to win the whole tourny, I think my call was +EV. If I fold though, I probably have 2nd locked up. If small stack is bigger, than I have a clear push.

[David BB]

The difference between 2nd and 3rd place isnt that big - theres no way you can fold QQ at this stage no matter how few chips the short stack has.

And thats just my oppinion!

[AtlBrvs4Life]

Yea I'm not sure what the problem is. You had almost 3:1 odds against him. If you win, you have a very good chance on winning the tourney, if you lose you miss 2ndd place and lose that extra $10.

[unfrgvn]

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Yea I'm not sure what the problem is. You had almost 3:1 odds against him. If you win, you have a very good chance on winning the tourney, if you lose you miss 2ndd place and lose that extra $10.

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If the small stack was bigger I wouldn't have posted the hand. To be honest, I clicked the all in button as fast as I could, figuring he had something like A X, or even a lesser pair. I'm just thinking that in this case, with the small stack all in on the next hand, it may have been prudent to dump the hand.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

This is a much different situation than the JJ thread. You're already in the money so there's no possibility of getting $0 for your efforts.

I will say, though, that this is a perfect opportunity to just call preflop and push in on any Aceless flop.