QQ Preflop: How does the buy in determine how you play this hand?

What other hands are a clear push in this same situation. What would be only a call? JJ? AK? AQ?

[tigerite]

I'd definitely fold AQ. JJ and AK are both kind of meh. I'd really need to be at the table to decide on those two.

I'm a bit of a noob with SNG, but I think a push is too aggressive here.

What's CO's range? To raise 99+, AQ+? To call a push say JJ+, AK.

That gives me 6(99)+6(TT)+8(AQ)=20 folds. 16(AK)+6(JJ)+1(QQ)+6(KK)+6(AA)=35 calls.

Of the calls I'm tying 17 (16 AK and 1 QQ), behind 12(AA,KK) ahead 6(JJ). Say we win 15/35.

EV = (860) * 15/(20+35) - for the calls by COwe win
+ (-800) * 20/(20+35) - for calls by CO we lose
+ 180 * 20/(20+35) - for the folds
= +9 T$

I haven't counted the possibilty UTG may call a push here. I like calling and pushing any non A or K flop.

tiger, by "meh".... what would your play be if the original raiser was loose, average or tight with a hand of AK or JJ?

[Scuba Chuck]

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QQ vulnerable?! Wow.

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Well Cloutier says they used to call them "baby pairs."

Yes, at a level where preflop raises are not made randomly, QQ after a re-raise is a very vulnerable hand. I don't understand why a solid player would even try running a play (reraising with less than AK) on 7/15 blinds after UTG minraised. This is a clear bet to protect his big hand and build the pot, because otherwise why not just fold? There is like 50 chips in the pot - what is 125 reraise trying to steal?

[Scuba Chuck]

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Yes, at a level where preflop raises are not made randomly, QQ after a re-raise is a very vulnerable hand. I don't understand why a solid player would even try running a play (reraising with less than AK) on 7/15 blinds after UTG minraised. This is a clear bet to protect his big hand and build the pot, because otherwise why not just fold? There is like 50 chips in the pot - what is 125 reraise trying to steal?

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Hey Buster! Have you ever played an SNG before?

Cloutier also didn't play too many 50-30-20 SNGs in his time I don't think -- and even still they're baby pairs for him.

[Scuba Chuck]

Buster, feel free to put in about 500 SNGs, and get back to us on how vulnerable QQ is here.

IC5, on a $33 I would just push, and expect to be called by AJ+, 99+. A fair amount of time, they will fold.

PS: In a situation like this, I asked a guy why he raised his pair so much, and he responded, "how else do you get A-rag out of the hand?" He had 55 btw.

I've played a few thousand SNGs by now on Crypto (avg. buy-in around £200) and I'll be on Party in a few weeks. From my experience the only people I continuously see(over months) in my level games are the ones that play similar to me. All the others get hot for about a month or two, and then sink back to the $50-$100 levels or leave altogether.

I always thought I was a winning player b/c my opponents sucked. Now I can see the flawed logic "good" players like you attempt to use.

I commented specifically on the SNG levels I play. I have no clue what do at $33.