Quote Originally Posted by r8ed
On a single table tourny, if you have QQ and the largest stack and somebody goes all-in with 1/2 to 3/4 or your stack, would you call? This happened to me two nights ago. There were still 8 people left. I folded. I wasn't happy but didn't want to bascially get knocked out on that hand. Plus I had just finished out of the money twice in a row. He did go allin 1 or 2 times after that hand, but not before. Good laydown? I ended up 2nd.
Yes it was a good laydown for sure. You are facing either a coinflip against an over zealous AK or, more probably, 80% dominated by KK or AA. Especially this early on you cant take that much risk for chips. Build it slowly and use that leverage for later on. Wait until someone goes all in late in the tourney UTG when their stack size is 3BB's. They'll flip over some crap like J9o. Next hand, preflop raise the crap out of people and they'll fold cuz your QQ is what's fresh in their mind.