Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow
<@spoonitnow> Okay here's an extra credit problem for you guys
<@spoonitnow> It's folded to you in the SB with QQ. What is the smallest starting stack for an open shove to be -EV?
I'm going to try this without the pokerstove, without any tools, as I am at work and have nothing handy...

Let's see... I'm in SB, and have QQ. There is probably a mathmatical answer to this question, but without any reads or other table information on the big blind player. This cannot be determined as you have no idea what their calling range would be. But let me try to figure it out...

QQ beats all hands pre-flop except AA or KK.

AK is borderline, but it needs to develop.
6 ways to make AA
6 ways to make KK
1 ways to make QQ

Thus 13 hands beat you. Out of 1325 possible hands (1326 - yours) that is roughly 1/100.

So you will lose your stack roughly 1 time out of 100 (assuming BB always calls). Thus a stack of less than 100 BB would mean the call is -EV?

Am I close?