New Feature – How would you play this hand?

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OK, because I played this hand today at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA today, I want to see what you would have done. Here is the situation:

You are playing in sit-n-go and started with $700 in chips. You currently have $750 and the blinds are $25-$50 (second level). There have already been several hands for you to feel out the table. You deduce that the player on the big-blind is a strong player as well as the player to the left of the BB. The player to you left is the chip leader and has been playing a little tight. There are seven players remaining. Four of them have you covered (including the player to your left, the BB and the player who raised).

The player to the left of the BB raised to $200, the next player folds and now the action is on you. You look at your cards and you have QQ. How would you play this hand?

So what would you do? Leave a comment and tell the world.
Click on the link to see how the hand played out.

Here is what I did. For me to call the $200 would leave me with $550. Plus it might allow am Ax suited or an KQ, KJ, or K10 to catch a draw or another A or K. I re-raised all-in because I didn’t have enough chips to protect a call. So I put all my $750 in to the pot. The player to my left folded quickly as did everybody at the table except the BB. The BB grabbed his chin; looked at me, counted his chips and them moved all-in (he was trying to push the initial raiser out). The first raiser looked at the BB, then looked at me and made the following announcement to the table, “This is going to be the worst play in the entire sit-n-go. Hey Dave (his friend at another table), I’m making a horrible call, watch me pull it out of my ass. I CALL!”

Considering that I was just trying to steal the blinds as well as the raise, I was sitting pretty. The BB looked at me and said, “I put you pocket jacks.” I shook my head no and turned over QQ. “Damn, I put you on jacks and I still called!” He turned over 99. The other guy turned over A 10 suited. A queen hit on the flop and no A, straight or flush came. I won the have and tripled-up my chips.

As far as the rest of the sit-n-go I finished tied for first (we split the $720 because we were even fir four hands).

0 thoughts on “New Feature – How would you play this hand?”

  1. I would hav re-raise another 400. Why I don’t push all in. Well I like to believe that i am actually ahead and hoping for a call. Even if i get call, i still have an option to get out of it.

  3. I totally agree with Toby. If he re-raises over back over the top (especially if he goes all in) I’ll likely lay down the hand.

  5. I just wanted to say that after reading the conclusion, I noticed I hadn’t read the premise carefullly enough. With only $750 in chips and a $200 raise in front of you, the non all-in re-raise (unless you make it a bare bones $200 re-raise) is pretty much pointless. In short, I agree with the all-in bet, although that raise from first position does frequently signify a really big hand (AA,KK,AK).

    That’s why Montez wins the big bucks!