Do you push AK and QQ on preflop?

AndyFio said:

How do you play AK and QQ preflop, raise or all in, or limp to bait players with weaker hands?

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yes, yes, and yes, and also throw in the occasional fold preflop, all depending on the situation.

After add-on in freebuy and final stage in satellites always push preflop. At another tipe of tournament rise, see flop, making moves.

We play for the win, there are a lot of hands that reraise us that we dominate with AK and QQ.
Not every hand that reraises us are AA and KK, there are at least 77 to JJ Any AX suited or not, any broadway combination suited or not.
The problem is where do you want to make a mistake, or where do you want to have your villain make a mistake, preflop or postflop.
They are tricky but depending on stack size and villain type, a maybe.
If you have an any 2 villain with 80+ vpip you can consider pushing he'll mostly will not fold regardless what his hand is.
AK hast the most showdown value against non pair hands that don't hit the board in any way.
If you know that villain plays pairs mainly, you have a coin flip.

Yes...sometimes. And sometimes I call only. My decision depends on many factors.

raise to get more value fr weaker hands

I like to shove the AK. QQ is a trouble maker for me, so usually just raise and play the streets accordingly.

Preflop, almost always choose to raise with QQ. But there are exceptions, regarding 100% 3-bet with QQ preflop. If your opponent is an extremely tight player and he opens from early position, then it is better to call QQ here.

Depends mostly on stack size and blindlevel but there are many many other small factors:

type of game
buy-in
position
image
How many BB's we have
How many BB's opponents have
Is it a single raise pot or was there already a 3, 4, or whatever bet
Does my opponent wear sunglasses while playing online
Etc...

The default way imo to play these hands is to raise and reraise but i would start being carefull in 4-bet pots against some players.

Suns of Beaches said:

Depends mostly on stack size and blindlevel but there are many many other small factors:

type of game
buy-in
position
image
How many BB's we have
How many BB's opponents have
Is it a single raise pot or was there already a 3, 4, or whatever bet
Does my opponent wear sunglasses while playing online
Etc...

The default way imo to play these hands is to raise and reraise but i would start being carefull in 4-bet pots against some players.

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Could this also include 'online players who are riffling/shuffling chips while playing online'?

it will depend on the situation, if I'm the first to speak I'll play with a raise, and if I'm the second to speak and I have a raise before then I'll either call or 3bet depending on the player, and there are cases where I'll even fold if I see I'm missing out on a premium pair

As many people have already stated, the answer depends on a number of different factors, but the short answer is all three options will be correct some percentage of the time. Also, sometimes folding is also correct.