If you're short stacked and you pick up QQ, get all your chips in before the flop - that's when you are most likely to be ahead.
Now I understand that if in a tournament, the blinds are still small, you wanna generate some action and are scared that an all in will just pick up the small blinds and not get you anywhere.
This is indeed possible but it's a risk you take.
If you don't have that many chips it's quite possible a large stack with a half decent hand will call you anyway.
There's also a good chance some numpty will get a "pretty" hand like AQ suited and not be able to bin it and call you. Which is of course fine, ok there's still a reasonable chance he's gonna outdraw you but you got your chips in way ahead which is what counts.
If you only raise a little pre-flop, it's quite likley there could be many other callers and the more callers there are the less chance you have of winning the pot.
If blinds are quite big in relation to your stack obviously it's all in anyway.
You have to be very wary of flops like 545, if you've just called or raised a little and there are quite a few people in, there's a fair chance someone has a 5.....or a drawing hand like 67. Someone sticking all their chips in on this flop...you gotta ask why....are they short stacked and trying to bluff it ?
Have they a hand like JJ perhaps ? Would someone with a 5 not check that flop ? It depends on their style of course. You have to try and work out what they are doing.
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The problem was I was stuck on going all in. When the guy went all in on a 5 4 5 flop I should've figure him for 2 pair at least and ditched the ladies. I was short stacked at the time and in need of an all in.
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You have 2 pair as well remember, queens and fives. It's someone with a 5 you have to worry about. With a few people in the pot there's alot of ways for QQ to be beaten with a flop like 545.....someone with a 5, flush draw obviously if it is there, straight draw - someone with 67 for instance. More people in the pot, more likley someone has one of these. That's why when short stacked if you pick up QQ you get the chips in pre-flop. If people call you with hands like 56 well so be it...you want those calls as they are massive behind. Getting your chips in ahead is the key thing to do.