STT's play theory, call or fold early with a premium pocket pair

[robilaruk]

Am trying to play around with how aggressive you need to be early to win an STT some assumptions 1) you are a better than average player at your level (say the $11), and know that by playing solid you can reach at least the top 5 (your stats show that over 3000 games your ROI is 30%+) 2) you generally play ultra tight first 3 levels, picking your spots when you need to 3) you have a sufficient bankroll (at least 80 buy in's) to absorb some variance Ok its level 1, 5th hand in and you are dealt QQ in ep - you have noticed that the standard raise of 4 BB is ignored and gets 3/4 callers, so you make it 150 to go (5BB). A person in MP who hasn't played a hand shoves for his 1500 (you have no notes on them), the player on the button calls for about 1400, his notes read: "solid player early" whats you play? would you call against 2 with QQ? is this the time to get aggressive and triple up, giving you an excellent chance of at least making the money Damo

[GaF]

Re: STT's play theory, call or fold early with a premium pocket pair Sounds like the Button has a premium premium pair - AA or KK ... it's hard to lay down QQ pre flop, but it's probably the right thing to do.....