min raise from utg or utg +1

i'm just curious what hands to i need to call an utg min raise when i'm in a blind, more specificallyt the bb. posting because in the last few sng i've seen it lots, in general is this representing a big hand?

How big are the blinds? How big is UTG/UTG+1's stack? How big is your stack? Are there any cold callers of the minraise and if so, how many?

i'm talkin fairly early in a sitngo the blinds were about 50/100, and i'm looking for both situations most of the time it was folded to me in the BB, we both have fairly healthy stacks about 2000 and theirs no real short stacks, how much do my requirements change when their are a couple callers.

how does this change lot later in a tourny, i know it all depends on table image, stack sizes, etc. but i'm inquiring about generic strategy.

thanks

Watch the min raiser and see what hands he is raising at that specific amount with...If your blind, I always choose hands that have straight+flush draw possibilities.

Heres a HH I just came across in my tourney. This is why I look for suited connectors. They have the best odds at cracking a situation like this.


PokerStars Game #19924895918: Tournament #103650700, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/08/26 - 20:44:50 (ET)
Table '103650700 103' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: blaqipees (15910 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (4455 in chips)
Seat 4: Lazy AK (8295 in chips)
Seat 5: RyalKing (4392 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: popp_g (2900 in chips)
Seat 7: LongSchlong9 (11960 in chips)
Seat 8: treetopmjr (3295 in chips)
Seat 9: sammy_tammo (3332 in chips) is sitting out
blaqipees: posts the ante 25
revolvingIRS: posts the ante 25
Lazy AK: posts the ante 25
RyalKing: posts the ante 25
popp_g: posts the ante 25
LongSchlong9: posts the ante 25
treetopmjr: posts the ante 25
sammy_tammo: posts the ante 25
Lazy AK: posts small blind 125
RyalKing: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Kh Ks]
popp_g: folds
LongSchlong9: folds
treetopmjr: raises 250 to 500
sammy_tammo: folds
blaqipees: folds
revolvingIRS: raises 3930 to 4430 and is all-in
Lazy AK: folds
RyalKing: folds
treetopmjr: calls 2770 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1160) returned to revolvingIRS
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9s 7s]
*** TURN *** [Ts 9s 7s] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9s 7s Ah] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
treetopmjr: shows [Ac Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
revolvingIRS: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
sammy_tammo has returned
treetopmjr collected 7115 from pot
revolvingIRS said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7115 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 9s 7s Ah 6h]
Seat 2: blaqipees folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (button) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Lazy AK (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: RyalKing (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: popp_g folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: LongSchlong9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: treetopmjr showed [Ac Ad] and won (7115) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 9: sammy_tammo folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Another example...

PokerStars Game #19925029748: Tournament #103650700, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/08/26 - 20:50:40 (ET)
Table '103650700 103' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ChipsCollect (12680 in chips)
Seat 2: blaqipees (15585 in chips)
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (1010 in chips)
Seat 4: Lazy AK (7745 in chips)
Seat 5: RyalKing (3842 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: popp_g (2550 in chips)
Seat 7: LongSchlong9 (12260 in chips)
Seat 8: treetopmjr (7565 in chips)
Seat 9: sammy_tammo (3382 in chips)
ChipsCollect: posts the ante 25
blaqipees: posts the ante 25
revolvingIRS: posts the ante 25
Lazy AK: posts the ante 25
RyalKing: posts the ante 25
popp_g: posts the ante 25
LongSchlong9: posts the ante 25
treetopmjr: posts the ante 25
sammy_tammo: posts the ante 25
blaqipees: posts small blind 125
revolvingIRS: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Ad Jd]
Lazy AK: folds
RyalKing: folds
popp_g: folds
LongSchlong9: raises 250 to 500
treetopmjr: folds
sammy_tammo: calls 500
ChipsCollect: folds
blaqipees: folds
revolvingIRS: raises 485 to 985 and is all-in
LongSchlong9: raises 11250 to 12235 and is all-in
sammy_tammo: calls 2857 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8878) returned to LongSchlong9
*** FLOP *** [As Qs 8c]
*** TURN *** [As Qs 8c] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [As Qs 8c 4c] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LongSchlong9: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
sammy_tammo: shows [Tc Td] (a pair of Tens)
LongSchlong9 collected 4744 from side pot
revolvingIRS: shows [Ad Jd] (a pair of Aces)
revolvingIRS collected 3305 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8049 Main pot 3305. Side pot 4744. | Rake 0
Board [As Qs 8c 4c 9c]
Seat 1: ChipsCollect (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: blaqipees (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: revolvingIRS (big blind) showed [Ad Jd] and won (3305) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: Lazy AK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RyalKing folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: popp_g folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: LongSchlong9 showed [Kh Ks] and won (4744) with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: treetopmjr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: sammy_tammo showed [Tc Td] and lost with a pair of Tens