[damaniac]

You certainly want to be playing in pots with these guys but you want hands that, among other attributes:

Have showdown value. I love (well not love, but I have no problem doing it) taking A high or a small pair to showdown against a mega-lag. Q high = not going to cut it.

You still need a hand, especially since this is going to showdown. Even when your QTo makes top pair, it will often get drawn out on. What's more, when you do have a marginal hand (something like middle pair, or even top pair on a coordinated board) it becomes very difficult to figure out when to slow down. You risk either spewing chips or missing bets. Unless they never refrain from betting/raising, these hands become difficult not so much to win since you are going to showdown but to win the most when you are ahead and lose the least when behind.

QTo just ain't enough of a hand, especially multiway, when the other players will also make hands. You just can't withstand a whole lot of people in the pot unless you make your miracle straight. The flush and set/boat possibilities brought on by suited cards and pocket pairs make this much more appealing, not only because those hands will usually win, but when you have the best hand it will be easy to recognize and so you can put all your money in with the best of it. A weak top or middle pair isn't nearly as strong.