QJs level 1, $320 stuper

[betgo]

I will present this hand step by step in "play a hand with the masters" style.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

UTG+1 (t1920)
MP1 (t2620)
Hero (t2260)
MP3 (t2450)
CO (t3680)
Button (t2320)
SB (t1890)
BB (t2660)
UTG (t2750)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero ???

[Fiksdal]

At a 9 handed table I probably have to be in CO or maybe MP3 to raise first in with this hand. Even this deep. Open limping is out of the question here IMO.

Fold.

[shaundeeb]

3x.

[Fiksdal]

Where do you find the EV in that shaun?

[shaundeeb]

this hand plays well postflop a lot of Ax and Kx boards we can c-bet and get respect for while the boards people are more likely to float and make a move on Qxx and Jxx and 910x etc we have a hand to play back at with plus when we flop flushdraw. With these deep stacks Opening strong suited connectors is a must from any position unless the table is in the 3bet and fold mode already which they usually aren't first level with 2.5k starting stacks.

[Fiksdal]

right, yeah. It probably works better against the opponents you will meet in a tourney with a buy in like this one

[aejones]

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3x.

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[NoahSD]

Raising here is totally standard. My standard raise is 70 here, but 80 or 90 is fine too. 60 is probably too low and stuff.

[shaundeeb]

fik I open this at any buyin because of how often it hits a hand we can play a good size pot with.

[NoahSD]

Fik,
Open lighter in the early levels at lower stakes because the players suck postflop. Open lighter in tourneys than cash because the players suck postflop.

QJs is a totally standard open from 3 off the button, even for pretty nitty players, even in cash.

I open 45s here.