Okay - I realize this is a freeroll, but the situation is really the part that I'm unsure about. So I'm going to propose to view this in a different context (say larger tournament - Sunday Million on pokerstars or whatever).

You are about midway through the pack (3000 players to start, down to 1500) and have 3500 in chips. The blinds are 100/200.

Table '67375450 121' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Seat 1 (675 in chips)
Seat 2: Seat 2 (980 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Seat 3 (460 in chips)
Seat 4: littlhaas (2650 in chips)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (8108 in chips)
Seat 6: Starstealer (3500 in chips)
Seat 7: Seat 7 (5310 in chips)
Seat 8: Seat 8 (3455 in chips)
Seat 9: Seat 9 (4175 in chips)
Starstealer: posts small blind 100
Seat 7: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer
Seat 8: raises 200 to 400
Seat 9: folds
Seat 1: raises 200 to 600
Seat 2: folds
Seat 3: folds
Seat 4: calls 600
Seat 5: folds
Starstealer: ??

Seems like such a basic situation - two min raises of the big blind and one caller up to me. The second min-raise is from a guy with only 675 to his name anyway - so I can't put too much into it; but the initial raiser (UTG) and the caller (cutoff) have stacks that will cripple me if I lose.

So with queens, out of position with plenty of action ahead of me - what to do?

Folding doesn't do me much good here obviously.
Calling has both benefits and problems - what to do if the flop misses me but is low or misses me but has an ace or king?
Which leaves a raise or pushing all-in as what I would consider to be my main options. If I am off-base here, please let me know. So - if a raise - to how much?

The full hand is below - but I'm not too concerned about the win/loss of it.



Table '67375450 121' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Seat 1 (675 in chips)
Seat 2: Seat 2 (980 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Seat 3 (460 in chips)
Seat 4: littlhaas (2650 in chips)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (8108 in chips)
Seat 6: Starstealer (3500 in chips)
Seat 7: Seat 7 (5310 in chips)
Seat 8: Seat 8 (3455 in chips)
Seat 9: Seat 9 (4175 in chips)
Starstealer: posts small blind 100
Seat 7: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Qh Qc]
Seat 8: raises 200 to 400
Seat 9: folds
Seat 1: raises 200 to 600
Seat 2: folds
Seat 3: folds
Seat 4: calls 600
Seat 5: folds
Starstealer: raises 2900 to 3500 and is all-in
seat 7: folds
Seat 8: calls 3055 and is all-in
Seat 1: calls 75 and is all-in
littlhaas: calls 2050 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4s 6h 8h]
*** TURN *** [4s 6h 8h]
*** RIVER *** [4s 6h 8h 3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Starstealer: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
Seat 8: shows [5d 5s] (a pair of Fives)
Starstealer collected 1610 from side pot-2
littlhaas: shows [Js Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
Starstealer collected 5925 from side pot-1
Seat 1: shows [Jh Kd] (high card King)
Starstealer collected 2900 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10435 Main pot 2900. Side pot-1 5925. Side pot-2 1610. | Rake 0
Board [4s 6h 8h 3d Qs]
Seat 1: Seat 1 showed [Jh Kd] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: Seat 2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Seat 3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: littlhaas showed [Js Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: Seat 5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Starstealer (small blind) showed [Qh Qc] and won (10435) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 7: Seat 7 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Seat 8 showed [5d 5s] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 9: Seat 9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)