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[Closed] Pocket Queens Early Stage

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[tg]Position_Stack: hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;UTG3_1150:///////;MP1_1665:///////;MP2_1455:///////;Hero_2230:///////;CO_1575:///////;BU_1325:///////;SB_2420:///////;BB_1680:///////;[/tg]
SnG $ 1.20 (9 Players)
25/50 No-Limit Hold'em (8 Players)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.88.30801.2 by www.pokerstrategy.com

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q :heart:, Q :diamond:
UTG3 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls,
Hero raises 250 to 300, 2 fold,
SB raises 2120 to 2420 (All In), 4 fold, SB gets uncalled bet back

Final Pot: 750

Not sure if I made the right play here. I made his range JJ+ AQ+ which I put into Equilator and found that I had a slight edge of 51% in this case. I made the range that wide because of the fact im playing $1 sit n gos. Should I have called in this situation? Keep in mind that I was up around 600 chips at the time with around 2200, which definetely factored in to my decision to fold. Since I know that i'm much better than these player and that taking a 51% chance at an early position in the Sit N Go is probably -ROI just because of the fact that I still have a very good chance of making the money even if I fold due to ICM and other advatages I have on these players in later stages.


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The thing is on a one dollar SNG especially early in the game you can not give such a strong
range to vilains preflop. They are playing all kinds hands and calling or raising anything with them.

Therefore your QQ is ahead even more often than what your calculations are giving you.

QQ is the nuts preflop on these limits so go ahead and get it all in preflop even 3 way.

Also its hard to understand what you raised to preflop but it should be 3x bb +1 per limper
at the 25 / 50 stage. 300 is too much here.


Hlynkinn
Joined: 14.06.2008

Originally posted by 8979687
The thing is on a one dollar SNG especially early in the game you can not give such a strong
range to vilains preflop. They are playing all kinds hands and calling or raising anything with them.

Therefore your QQ is ahead even more often than what your calculations are giving you.

QQ is the nuts preflop on these limits so go ahead and get it all in preflop even 3 way.

Also its hard to understand what you raised to preflop but it should be 3x bb +1 per limper
at the 25 / 50 stage. 300 is too much here.

QQ is nuts here


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007

Hi all,

Originally posted by Hlynkinn

Originally posted by 8979687
The thing is on a one dollar SNG especially early in the game you can not give such a strong
range to vilains preflop. They are playing all kinds hands and calling or raising anything with them.

Therefore your QQ is ahead even more often than what your calculations are giving you.

QQ is the nuts preflop on these limits so go ahead and get it all in preflop even 3 way.

Also its hard to understand what you raised to preflop but it should be 3x bb +1 per limper
at the 25 / 50 stage. 300 is too much here.

QQ is nuts here

+1 .


ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

Also raise to 300 is just fine with two limpers. Probably lot of calling machines in these games?


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007

Originally posted by ghaleon
Also raise to 300 is just fine with two limpers. Probably lot of calling machines in these games?

250 is better imo. if we need to get more money in we can do it after the flop


Steelbrewer
Joined: 22.04.2009

Reminds me of a hand from Poker after Dark where P.Helmuth folded QQ preflop versus amateurs AQ .