HERO plays 2nd pair very passively, QT

[AceofSpades]

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 600/1,200 Blinds, 150 Ante, 9 Players
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UTG: 16,589
UTG+1: 31,599
UTG+2: 16,374
Hero (MP1): 43,131
MP2: 48,857
CO: 24,184
BTN: 51,058
SB: 31,977
BB: 9,065

Pre-Flop: (3,150) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (MP1)
3 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to 3,600</font>, 2 folds, BTN calls 3,600, SB folds, <font color="red">BB raises to 8,915 and is All-In</font>, Hero calls 5,315, BTN calls 5,315

Flop: (28,695) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (28,695) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Comments on this hand? Preflop especially?
Pretty standard blind steal I think but then button calls, and shortie pushes and I'm in a sticky position. I thought about repopping but decided against it.

[gtpitch]

I fold this hand preflop especially in MP. I definitely wouldn't repop that preflop into the button who has you covered. What would you do if you do raise and the button shoves? You certainly wouldn't want to risk your tourney life on QTo AIPF, yet you would've invested ~11BB (3 for your raise, another ~3 for the call, and say ~5 for the raise.) I think to avoid this situation just fold pre.

[AceofSpades]

I'm not 100% about my math, but if a blind steal succeeds 62% of the time there, it's ev+ purely on that basis.

[gtpitch]

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I'm not 100% about my math, but if a blind steal succeeds 62% of the time there, it's ev+ purely on that basis.

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But, what about the times that this happens. IMO I wouldn't try to steal blinds from MP. Just my personal playing style. Not sure of the results from the hand but if you lost then you lost 10bb by trying to pick up 1.5BB.

Edit: Not trying to be results oreinted. Just saying that I think with a short stacked BB you will run into these situations more often than not.