[Hercules]

I really think, raising is a very sophisticated play, since every player behind you "must understand that you got QQ+ and want value". It requires a lot of multiple level-thinking, so I´d only do that on a 125$+ higher buyin, where people make notes. Make sure you did that a few times before with AA etc. So raising is maybe 0,1% of the time a play to mix it up.

I can`t see this hand as an insta-muck, because we only have to worry very much about the bigstack, which is also in a pretty early position and has to tighten his calling-range. This said, i still think about it as a kind of "ICM-bluff"(because the default ICM play should be a fold). IMO its only worth to do it in a higher buy-in (60+), since people actually give you more credit for an UTG push than in a 10$, where only few actually know what position is [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]