PS 16 turbo first hand QQ

[Rhand]

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed)

UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1380)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1630)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1540)
Hero (t1470)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is in Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG calls t20, UTG+1 calls t20, <font color="red">MP1 raises to t80</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, CO calls t80, <font color="red">Hero raises to t240</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="red">MP1 raises to t1500 (All-in)</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>

hero???

[Oxy]

A lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of people will advocate an instant call. Personally, I reraise to 300 or so to make a fold easier for me. You will meet up with AK a fair amount here, but KK/AA just as often. These guys are donks, but they get good hands. I fold this because I think I can get better than a coinflip, even with 1200 chips.

I think it's more a matter of style, but I fold. Calling here isn't *bad* though, and I'm sure a lot of people will tell you to instacall.

[Snarf]

Oxy - you're problem here is you're treating this likes there a zero after the buy-in line.

Its just a $16.

This guy hold AK, KK or AA ...rarely ever in this spot. This isn't a coinflip. This is like a nearly garunteed 3:1 or more likely 4:1 (or higher sometimes) situation.

Its almost garunteed the average/typical donk here has 77=QQ

Sometimes some random suited holding, sometimes a decent ace

and sometimes AK, and less often AA/KK

QQ is the nutzoid here.