Simple Common Tournament Situation

[drewjustdrew]

I have not read any other of the 100 or so posts, so hopefully you will respond to mine or link to a similar answer and response. I'm lazy, what can I say. I would fold for three reasons. One, QJ is not a good hand in NL holdem by a long shot. Two, I do not have enough chips to make everyone fold, which would be my best chance of staying alive. I would assume at this point, with the average stack at 4000, there are some people at the table with 6000+ chips and could call with marginal hands like AJ. Three, the blinds are still low enough that I can afford one more round. If I double up to 2200+300 blinds, I am not in a much better position than if I double up later to 1600+300.

I didn't even consider calling, though in this case it may actually be a better option depending on the aggressiveness of the table. I would assume at this stage, most small stack callers and pots in general are raised. If you could get away with a call and see what develops, though, that would be better than risking it all preflop here, I imagine. It's just that the chances of that are remote.