25NL: Commit your stack with QQ preflop with 3 in front?

[Brent.]

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I'm pretty new to cash NL. (I'm struggling to decide if I can work on studying both SNG and NL cash at the same time or if I should just pick one.)

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Personally, I would stick to one until you get comfortable (both in terms of skill and bankroll).

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At what point do you recommend refilling to a full stack?

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I refill as soon as I drop below the max buy-in, even after just paying the small blind.

[Albert Moulton]

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FWIW, the last time I made this same call holding QQ in this exact same spot the guy in UTG+1's spot showed me AA.

PS-Refill to a full stack.

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I'm pretty new to cash NL. (I'm struggling to decide if I can work on studying both SNG and NL cash at the same time or if I should just pick one.)

At what point do you recommend refilling to a full stack?

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I refill every time I post a blind or lose a pot, no matter how small. Eventually, I end up over the max buy-in, even in a losing session. I just hate having a big hand vs a deep opponent and finding myself with anything less than the max buy-in.

[salloch]

I would push here given the action. UTG would certainly re-pop all in with Aces or Kings, and UTG +1 prob. called with a highish pocket pair or AK.

I am very reluctant to get all in with queens before the flop, but I don't think this is the time given the players or action to make a "big laydown" with queens.

[Albert Moulton]

Both you and UTG+1 are pretty short-stacked, so I'd push to try and get UTG to pot-commit with a weak hand that he feels committed to since the pot is now big, and the all-in raise is relatively small. I wouldn't be surprised if I'd need a set to beat UTG+1, but I just don't see folding for $8.84 more.

No need to play short-stacked. Rebuy when you get low.

[entertainme]

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(I'm struggling to decide if I can work on studying both SNG and NL cash at the same time or if I should just pick one.)

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I'd pick one to start with and then branch out.

As for the hand, hold your nose and call.

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I started playing last fall, (literally), almost exclusively SNG and MTT. My game there <u>has</u> improved, but I now realize there's just so much I have to learn about pushing, bubble play, etc. in order to be really successful at it.

In general I've only played rings when I need points until the last month or so. Then I run like I did on Party on Monday, (398 hands at 51.44/100), (which I know is <u>totally</u> running hot, I'm at 13.66/100 over 1500 hands since I got PT), and SSNL seems like it could be a lot of fun! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I do have the bankroll on Party to give 25NL a shot.

[4_2_it]

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I do have the bankroll on Party to give 25NL a shot.

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You should be fine. I have no SnG experience, so maybe someone with SnG or tourney experience can make an enlightening post on the main differences. I recommend that you look through the info (there is a lot) in the forum sticky.