New to tourneys, question about early play (with hand example)

I have read both HoH books and have more experience in small stakes SnG's and NLHE ring games. I'll post the hand first.

Tourney from last night - Party $10+1, starting chips of 1000, 4 hands in.

Relevant stacks - everyone involved has around 1000.

Blinds 10/15. I get QQ in MP+2, UTG+1 min-raises to 30, couple callers, I raise to 100. Folds around to UTG+1, he calls. UTG+2 calls, the rest fold, 3 to flop.

Flop comes J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

Draw heavy board but no reason to believe that I don't have the current best hand and can probably get 1 or both of the others in the hand to call an all-in bet since I expect some maniacal play early in a small stakes Party tourney. I wouldn't mind them folding either.

UTG+1 bets 30, UTG+2 calls, I raise all-in.


So my question is - when I know the early maniacs will call for all their chips with a draw, even multi-way, should I make this move every time, or is it better to avoid these longball situations and try to survive and accumulate with smaller bets and better spots?

[KneeCo]

If you can get someone to call you with a couple of spades here, you have to go for it IMO ten times out of ten.

It's very difficult to get maniacs to play some ball with you, it might be easier to just beat 'em at their own game.
If you get someone to throw in all their chis with a 35% chance of winning, great, don't be result oriented if they hit it.


here's a recent thread with some advice about playing against flush-chasin' donks.