QQ

[Werddown]

Ok, this question is specifically for the $5 and $10 SnG levels on Pokerstars.

If you make a healthy preflop raise (5x +1x for each limper) with QQ and get re-raised, when its still early in the tournament, and you have no reads, all chipstacks being equal....

Do you lay it down? Or do you see a flop? Or do you push?

Obviously this is position dependant, so give opinions on what you'd do if you were an early position raiser and got re-raised, and what you would do if you raised in late position and faced a re-raise.

[GatorJH]

If I am going to have position after the flop I may slow down and see a flop. OOP I re-raise.

[taipan168]

Tough question. As you would know, at the $5 and $10 PS levels, some loose and wacky players will re-raise a large PF raise with some surprising hands (mid pocket pairs, suited connectors, AT-AQ, etc.)

Because of that, at the $5s I'm going broke with QQ, since you're only worried about AA and KK I find that most $5 players' re-raising range is much wider than those two hands, and without reads it's impossible to tell AA/KK from rubbish. Therefore, I usually end up pushing AI with QQ to a re-raise.

That said, most of the time I end up getting called rather than re-raised preflop, so end up getting 'em all in on the flop assuming it comes all unders.

Here are the hands that have re-raised my QQ at the first 3 levels:
- KTo
- 98o
- KK
- AK
- 88
- TT
- 33