From Sklansky's Tournament Book

[Reel Deal]

You're the big stacks at your table in a MTT (top 10 pay) and you're down to the final two tables with 11 players left... the short stack at your table moves all-in ahead of you and you sit with QQ, what do you do?

I'm sure with the poker savants we have here this will be a no-brainer (but I thought this might be an interesting topic on a slow day)...

[BrianSwa]

how many people are to act behind you? your gonna play this but it depends how many people are behind you if you just call or raise.

Also would like to know stack sizes.

[Reel Deal]

Assume you're last to act... you're the big stack at the table and he's the short stack.

[Reel Deal]

So far no one has hit on the way Sklansky would play it.

[junYUN]

well regardless of how squeeky tight sklansky plays this (and i'm really hoping his answer isn't fold)... if i'm last to act i'm obviously calling because theres nothing else i can do besides fold or call and i'm not folding. (that is, assuming nobody else called -- because this brings a whole new plethora of problems)

[Talking Poker]

If there is no one left to act behind me, raising and calling are the same thing. Based on what you have written, I get the feleing Sklansky is going to sugest otherwise, but this is a no-brainer call, IMO.

Sklansky might be thinking this guy must have a monster to move in in early position (I'll assume that too) on the bubble, but Sklansky is used to palying with talented players... NOT the average players we see online. Folding here may be the correct play at the final table of the WSOP (I'd still call), but no way is it correct in your typical online MTT.

[Zybomb]

I haven't read the book (although I have read a small exert where he describes "The System"...kind of interesting to read) but I can't see how you can justify folding. Depending on the stacks at the table (how big of a leader was I) and my position, Id probably reraise, sometimes a big amount sometimes all in myself. This forces everything outside of AA and KK (including AK, unless the stack is very short) to fold... if you get unlucky and are up against AA or KK you may take a huge hit, which is why other stacks and positions would play into my decision.

If I had AA here, 70% of the time I'd flat call, and see if one other person may come along for the ride (or maybe even reraise with a hand like AQ, KQ etc to try and get me out so he has dead money in the pot and only one opponent) then reraise all in. The other 30% Id make a big reraise just like above -- that way people won't take my reraise in a situation like this as a strong but not great hand.

[2Tone]

How much would depend on a few of the factors mentioned, but I'm going to raise here nearly every time.