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[QUOTE="viking999, post: 993282, member: 5897"]
Definitely call.  It doesn't make sense to give up an edge just because you think you'll get bigger edges later.  Even if you do have bigger edges later, if you double up, you'll have bigger edges working on a larger number of chips OR you'll have big edges and not have your tournament at risk.

Example: You have 10K chips and you are faced with the QQ vs. AK scenario.  You know for certain that 10 hands later, you will have an opportunity to get up to 20K in preflop as an 80% favorite (let's say your AA versus KK).

Expected Future Stack If Folding QQ = .8(20000) = 16000
Expected Future Stack If Calling QQ = .538 * .8(40000) = 17216

I would argue that tournament survival is not important at the beginning of a tournament.  It's so far from the money, that it should play a lot like a cash game.  I doubt there's a single one of you that would fold QQ in this spot in a cash game.

I'm considering this from the perspective of a pro who plays in the ME every year.  If this is a big once-in-a-lifetime event, then I can see that it might be better to stay in the tournament and get your money's worth of the experience.  From a pure dollar profit perspective, though, I think calling is the clear way to go.

P.S. - I checked the QQ vs. AK odds on Card Player, and it said it was 57% for the QQ.  I used AK offsuit and I had the AK having none of the same suits as the QQ.  Maybe that accounts for the difference.
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