With QQ this early in a SNG, I favor a reraise of the greater amount of: 3-4x the initial raise or 1/3 our chipstack. Most of the time you'll just get a flat call. If I'm reraised all in by anything other than a "Ringer", of course I'm calling.
But like I said, most of the time we just get a flat call. Then if no A or K hits on the flop, I'm all in. I've found that playing the QQ a little slower in the beginning improves my EV immensely, because you'll get the calls from KT, A7, lower PP's, etc. And most of the time they'll still call an all in on the flop with overcards like KJ or even A7, and definitely call for any PP.
What slowing down allows us to do is bail out if an overcard hits (so we don't bust out because everyone has you covered). We'll still have 1/2 - 2/3 of our stack left and can work to build back up.
Once the blinds go up significantly, then I'm trying to find a way to get all my chips in PF with QQ.
Last edited by Jason75; 12-15-2005 at 04:25 PM.
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