Cooler, Mid Stage QQ

[AJ]

All i want is the blinds and antes, don't want to see a flop and have a K or Ace hit. Was my preflop raise too weak and what now ? PokerStars Game #22284217060: Tournament #122346852, $5.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/11/23 1:42:53 ET Table '122346852 1' 10-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: bobclev (1025 in chips) Seat 3: trouble (1425 in chips) Seat 4: DrKielbasa (2885 in chips) Seat 5: asjohnstone (1900 in chips) Seat 6: gargamel01 (1270 in chips) Seat 7: vicestfus (1420 in chips) Seat 8: mikepyp (4245 in chips) Seat 9: StraightPoop (830 in chips) bobclev: posts the ante 10 trouble: posts the ante 10 DrKielbasa: posts the ante 10 asjohnstone: posts the ante 10 gargamel01: posts the ante 10 vicestfus: posts the ante 10 mikepyp: posts the ante 10 StraightPoop: posts the ante 10 bobclev: posts small blind 50 trouble: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to asjohnstone [Qh Qd] DrKielbasa: folds asjohnstone: raises 300 to 400 gargamel01: folds vicestfus: folds mikepyp: calls 400 StraightPoop: raises 400 to 800 bobclev: folds trouble: folds asjohnstone: ???

[GaF]

Re: Cooler, Mid Stage QQ From early position I dont think you want to be betting more than that - any more and I think you have to shove, and stacks are a bit big for that.... The min reraise is sooooo often aces - but he only has 30 chips left - I dont think you need to worry about mikepyp too much - and now you have odds (4-1) to call poop even if he does have Aces (and if he doesn't have AA or KK you're happy)....I shove now I think.. But lets run some equity checks and make sure.....