How do you play KQo?

[Senor Choppy]

This really shouldn't be close. All-in is pretty obvious given stack sizes here. The blinds would have to be a lot lower for this not to be the correct play IMO, or the other variables would have to be a lot different.

[aslowjoe]

It seems like the majority is that you should raise all in. Please correct me as I am still trying to undestand hold em.
If I go all in do I want him to call or do I just want the blinds. If I get called I am about a 65% favorite against a random hand. If I do this twice the chances are greater that I'm going home rather then still being alive. Why not raise to 700-800 then bet the flop if no ace appears?
The other scenario is I go all in and he folds and I win 1BB. I know from what most people say that I am probably wrong but please explain why. Thanks.
Joe

[LetsRock]

This is tourney play, not a ring game. IN this example, he is the short stack and needs to do anything he can to build his stack. He can't wait around for AA or KK to get aggressive because it won't be long before the blinds will bleed his stack to having no clout whatsoever. WHen you have no clout, you have zero chance of scaring someone out of a pot.

There are many lesser hands that would be worth shoving all in hoping to steal the blinds, but with the ability to handle a call with a lot of hands that a big stack might defend his blind with.

1BB may seem like a small amount, but at this point in the tourney, the BB is rather large and at the very least it buys him an extra orbit.

[cferejohn]

OK. Who voted fold? Pipe up.

I think this is an easy all-in. You can't improve your money position without getting some more chips. Depending on the standards of the BB, you may either get called by worse hands (KJ, QJ) or get better ones to lay down (small pairs, weak aces), and the mojority of the time, you're going to just pick up the blinds.