[notmyusername]

If you miss the flop you can check/fold, same as with the 7s. You only have to double up once in awhile for the call to be +EV. As you flop TPTK 1/3 times, and you put around 90 in preflop, all you have to win is on average 180 when you flop TPTK. If there is another caller, your pot odds increase. I think you can expect to win at least that much that often (even when you factor in the times when you slam into AA, KK or a set).

Also, is your position that much different with 7/8ths of your former stack? Finally, if you won't call with AK here, and you won't call with any pocket pairs, are you only playing AA, KK and QQ before the blinds become significant? What about the majority of tourneys when you don't get any of those hands? Is your late game skill really that much better than the rest of the 22ers that you can camp on completely simple situations presented by monster hole cards until the blinds get to be 1/10th of your stack? I think you have to open up your game a little more than this to get full value from the 22s. At least I do. Maybe I'm not as good at late game as you guys and I have to compensate by playing slightly more hands early on.... Don't know. Interesting discussion, though.