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adepoker11

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two players go with everything, I am the last to speak and my hand is qq
play it all in first hand or fold?
 
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In any serious tournament, I would fold QQ against two opponents. But I mainly play freerolls, where the number of players, the structure and the "quality" of the players make a strong case for the call...
 
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I generally call in such cases (freerolls only though :)
 
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first hand start of tourney

In supersystem 1 Doyle Brunson suggests treating QQ like any other pair and try to hit a set,but I play in a lot of freerolls too and feel comfortable with going all in with AA-JJ AND AK, although I bust out alot with AK.
 
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Depends on tournament,if its low buyin or freerol u can get nice starting stack with qq so i would defo go all in,if u fold and lets say play for hour and get aa and bust out cause russkie made 2 pairs with kt...

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I probably call it :) both of them can have hands like AK or AQ, so your QQ can be ahead, but it also depends what kind of tournament it was.
 
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Hard not to call in the low level/freeroll tournaments I play.
 
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In lol level and freeroll tourney i will definitely call, because it is better to triple my stack than folding my QQ and somebody wins with his pair JJ starting hand.
 
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