pocket Qs early on

[frreshprince]

Its the third hand of the tournament so everyone still has around 1500 chips
Im the big blind and i get dealt QQ
the guy in 4th position raises from 20chips to 60chips
the guy in 5th position flat calls the 60 chips
everyone else folds to me
i re-raise from 60 to 200 chips with the queens.
the guy in 4th position folds (the original raiser)
the guy in 5th position goes all in for 1300 more chips

this left me very confused...
What would you do?

discuss.

[flomo]

call

[taipan168]

Firstly, I'd raise a bit more the first time around with the cold caller in the hand. If it was just the initial raiser I think your 180-200 raise is good but with the cold caller I make it like 250 or so.

As played, you didn't say what stakes this is but if this is anything below $30 and the cold caller isn't a known winning player, I call.

[frreshprince]

it was 1 table, 9 people, 11$ a man.

[frreshprince]

Taipan would you suggest looking up each player at your table when you sit down in a small sit n go on either sharkscore or pokerdb?
or do you think that would skew your perception of them and its not a good idea.

[taipan168]

it was 1 table, 9 people, 11$ a man.

Definitely call then, they pull this trick with lots of hands you're ahead of. Even if he shows you AK face up, there are enough dead chips in the pot to race.

[elipsesjeff]

it was 1 table, 9 people, 11$ a man.

Definitely call then, they pull this trick with lots of hands you're ahead of. Even if he shows you AK face up, there are enough dead chips in the pot to race.

And, you know, because QQ>AK

[Projectp]

I call here but I hate doing it that early in a sit n go. Most of the time you double up and have a good lead on everyone though

[taipan168]

Taipan would you suggest looking up each player at your table when you sit down in a small sit n go on either sharkscore or pokerdb?
or do you think that would skew your perception of them and its not a good idea.

I think you can get far better reads from either observing the players on your table or (if you're multitabling) using a HUD than from Sharkscope. What you want is a read that they are loose/tight, passive/aggressive, what sorts of hands they are showing down, etc. All Sharkscope will tell you is that a player is a losing player and there are so many ways you can be a losing player (too loose, too passive, too aggressive, etc.)

[frreshprince]

thanks

[frreshprince]

whats a HUD?

[frreshprince]

lol sorry im a newb.

[taipan168]

whats a HUD?

Heads up display. It superimposes the stats for every player on the table so you can immediately see whether they are loose/tight, passive/aggressive etc. It is available in PokerTracker 3, I'm not sure where else.

There are so many ways to set up a HUD but the most common is to display the following stats:
- VP$IP (% of times a player voluntarily put chips in the pot preflop - ie. called or raised)
- PFR (% of times a player raised preflop)
- Postflop aggression factor (1.0 = passive, 6.0 = aggressive)
- Number of hands in the sample size
- % of times opp bet the flop, turn and river

[TLR]

Call, you will see lower PP or AJ/AQ more often then AA/KK or even AK