$1 SNG: QQ vs all=in

[ph_il]

2nd hand of the game so not many reads...

pokerstars Game #20066362226: Tournament #105618472, $1.50+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/01 - 13:10:41 (ET)
Table '105618472 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Schleuse76 (1460 in chips)
Seat 2: arabias13 (980 in chips)
Seat 3: bed53 (3420 in chips)
Seat 4: chekmait187 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: Dangarembga (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: sodajonx (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: TRM_SHRiMP (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: beatemanweep (140 in chips)
Seat 9: debbystef (1500 in chips)
bed53: posts small blind 10
chekmait187: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TRM_SHRiMP [Qh Qc]
Dangarembga: folds
sodajonx: raises 40 to 60
TRM_SHRiMP: raises 140 to 200
beatemanweep: calls 140 and is all-in
debbystef: folds
Schleuse76: folds
arabias13: calls 200
...seems to be pretty loose. Called a lot of bets/raises in the first hand just to fold on the river. He insta-called here with all the action before him.
bed53: folds
chekmait187: calls 180
sodajonx: raises 1300 to 1500 and is all-in
TRM_SHRiMP: ???

...I know that play is really loose at these $1 and I can very well be in the lead. Its not uncommon to see a player shoving with mid-pairs her or hands like AJ, A10, etc. Sometimes they'll have a hand like AA or KK, but usually its a weaker hand they're shoving. My main concern is the action behind me since Im not sure if they're going to call. If it was just HU, I could probably call here and be ahead majority of the time.

 

[Steveg1976]

I think a call is fine but I would probably just lay this down. It is too early to have a realiable read and there a some players at the micros who will always shove AA's. You can lay this down and out play them the rest of the way I am sure. If this was KK's I would call FYI. Just my thoughts.

 

[roundcat]

I'd probably lean toward calling. The all-in raiser could have AA or KK, but he could also just be trying to push everyone else out and win all the money already in the pot. Then again, there's one short stack already all in so he has to have *something* to reasonably come over the top of everyone else. I wouldn't be surprised to see AK here.

Alright, so if you don't want a coin flip for all your chips this early in the game, probably a good laydown. But I'd still consider calling. Definitely not an instacall, however.

 

[lewis010]

if i have the feeling that my opponent have aa or kk of course i would have fold but its a tought question... i never fold kk or aa all in preflop.. but qq... damn its difficult to fold this hand...

 

[the_men222]

ist a good move if you call that but you have to know that you battle whit card like AK KK AA AQ or any small poket

 

[MackemMan]

QQ is probably the hardest hand to analyse to all ins pre-flop.

Sometimes it pays to use your instincts....

MackemMan