[Lampsteen]

Funny you should say QQ. I was in a daily hold'em tourney at MGM last week with 9 players left at final table (top 6 get paid)and the following happend:

Blinds are 1,500 / 3,000
First to act goes all in with less than big blind
Second to act folds
Third to act makes it 6,000 to me
I go all in with my 6,300 with my temporarily beautiful QQ
Next two fold
Button goes all in with less than my 6,300
Small and Big fold
Original raiser calls my oh so powerful 300 raise
We turn over and tadah...almost like you said, the original raiser has A5s
The flop comes *A* (sorry, all I remember is the Ace for obvious reasons)
4th street and the river prove inconsequential for all.
I got paid for 6th place but, like you said, the dreaded QQ's didn't stand up. But, what are you going to do?

I personally would say that TT or JJ lose a lot of hands for me. Just got to know your audience when you're playing them I guess.

I would agree that A - 5 and below suited are pretty deceptive. Always nice to have the nut flush in your corner. But, that wheel can lose you a lot of hands if you just hit the straight and someone else has the 6. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]