QQ in Big Blind
 

Blinds 75-150. 4 full tables left.
You have QQ in the BB.
Early position player limps in.
The CO (who is a tight solid player) makes it 650.
Your stack is 5200, the CO just covers you.
Button and SB fold.
What do you do ?
(the limper was a weak player who had limped a lot but always folded to a raise, so you're not worried about him; the CO would be aware of this also).


PS - starting chips was 6000.

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

Average stack? Pay-out structure?

(just buying some time before I shove 'em to the middle)

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

Push. Especially since you know the CO is aware of EP's looseness and he could be trying to isolate with a wide range of hands which your QQ dominates.

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

It's just about 1 hour into the tournie.
Only 5 places get paid.
Average stack is about 6400.

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

What's the tournament structure and payout? It helps to know this info before deciding what heros next move should be.

I think my default play here is to push. I'm not looking to get PC'd with my QQ preflop only to get scared off if an overcard falls, which is what a reraise essentially does. With your read on the limper and the CO's healthy stack size I think you'll take this down uncontested in most cases and if you get a caller that wants to race you're probably going in as a 3:2 to 4:1 favorite.

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

QQ is only dominated by KK and AA. You're favorite over AK and worse hands. The raise looks too big for me to be AA or KK and more a hand like AJ-AK, AJs+, KQs+ and medium pairs up to JJ.

Since the EP limper folds most of the time to raises he could also be raising any 2 just to pick up an easy pot since only 3 ppl are left to act behind him + EP.

I think you're WA here and should be pushing, EP is most likely going to fold and I think you're ahead of CO's range here.

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It's just about 1 hour into the tournie.
Only 5 places get paid.
Average stack is about 6400.

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Ok, so this is a live tourney and not that many people out yet. Well it doesn't matter much. Shove 'em I say. It wouldn't be the first (or last) time I lose to kings or aces.

At least since this is live, I can go to the bar.....

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.....The raise looks too big for me to be AA or KK.....

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4,33 BB with one limper is too big a raise? Please elaborate

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.....The raise looks too big for me to be AA or KK.....

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4,33 BB with one limper is too big a raise? Please elaborate

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Its only too big if CO is a donkey that likes to minraise or raise really small amounts with monsters.

Re: QQ in Big Blind
 

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The raise looks too big for me to be AA or KK

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The raise is a perfectly standard pot-sized raise. And it reveals absolutely nothing about this player's holding. He has something as he doesn't steal with trash hands.

People seem to be advocating a push !
Why would you overbet the pot and push in 5200 to win 1000 ?
This hand was discussed at length later, and the only options considered were to either call or raise a pot-sized amount.