Absolute 6-max, 1/2, I'm on the button with the usual collection of LPs with a few LAGs. It's six-handed, everyone calls to me, and I've got QQ. I raise, everyone calls; six to the flop for 12SB. The flop is ragged, which is great, but to make a long story short, the pot is pretty bloated, and I have difficulty protetecting my hand. I lead the betting all the way, and the villains never find themselves having to make a call with worse than 10-1 pot odds. Not ideal.

Hold off on raising, so as not to allow my opponents to make correct calls, and have a better shot at protecting with a raise? Or is my equity too strong not to raise it up with everyone trapped? I was reading Wookie's article in the magazine earlier today, and this reminded me a little of his situation, albeit with the whole table coming along, not just the blinds.

Sorry for the essay-like post, but this made more sense to me than the usual format.