[Nichomacheo]

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Nichomacheo - On hand one are you saying he should be folding preflop? I tend to limp hands like this against a passive opponent because I'm getting 3-1 to call and he is unlikely to raise, plus, I like to play smaller pots post flop (that may be my own personal play style). If you fold hands like this preflop, then what kind of range do you need to limp or raise and aren't you pretty much getting killed by the blinds over the length of the SnG - maybe not thi early on, but still...?

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Hands like Q2o get you into tough spots. This is an important point that I think a lot of people get wrong. If you disagree, please state why....

It costs you 10 to win (20+10), so, yes, you are getting 3:1 odds. The problems abound though. What do you do if your opponent raises you to 60? Now it costs 40 to win 80, or 2:1. Those are still decent odds. Do you lay it down now? OK, now say you call, and the flop comes 257. Your opponent bets into you. Do you lay it down automatically? Do you call and re-evaluate on the turn? This seemingly small call of ten chips has gotten a lot of your chips invested in a tough spot.

Then there is the problem if the flop comes QT6. He bets and you.... now what? Call? Raise? What if he re-raises? More often than not... and this is important... you will lose a big pot or win a small one. Add all the times you miss the flop and have to fold, and calling with Q2 is a bad preflop call, even with 3:1 odds.

There are obvious excepts, like if your opponent is very passive preflop but hyperaggressive postflop, because then you'll have the right implied odds, but even then, what do you do with top pair? You still have a 2 kicker. Play poker, yeah, but I recommend waiting for a hand preflop with better implied odds.