109$ Turbo MTT - AQs

Villain is probably only 3bet bluffing if he has history or a read on you. That said, he can still 3bet with a wide range so you could 4bet/fold.

tbh this early i would probably make the call and assess on the flop

Hi all,

I'd call here and play a flop. I would expect anyone who sizes correctly like this opponent to have a 3bet bluff range. It won't be very wide, however their value range will be pretty narrow also. 4bet/folding is a waste of this hand.

What value range, without history, do you give to regs in this spot?If you are in this situation(vice CI),what range will you 3bet vs unknown/vs reg(with 50BB/75BB/100BB)? With what range will you play for all stack vs each type of opponents.What type of hands will 3bet as bluff and how much % from our value range is good to be our bluff range?

Hi all,

Value: JJ+ AK

Air: lots of random unpaired hands such as: QTo+, 87o+ (not KQo), Axo.

Pre antes I don't think he will ALWAYS 3bet those air hands, but he will often enough for us to call this hand.

Without history I would not have a bluff 4bet range here. I think the first hand you would include if you chose to 4bet "bluff" would be AJo because of the blockers.

BTW Please reopen the thread if you have more questions :).

If we are in LP and 3bet open raiser from MP(who is a reg), do you think we can profitable 3bet/push with JJ, AK?If villain don`t have 4bet bluffs, I don`t think we will have pot odds to stack vs their 4bet range.
I am not accustomed with the dynamic in high limit MTTs, because I don`t have enough volume, and I still wonder, can I play for all stack with these hands and 75bb deep stack?
If i can`t 3bet/push profitable these hands, is it better to call them and play post flop or we can 3bet/fold them?

I meant his range for 3betting for value can be that. We don't necessarily do amazingly vs his 4bet/calling range (in fact with JJ we may be losing slightly), however with QQ+ and AK we have a ton of fold equity for when villain has air/quite good equity against his range anyway. JJ I would personally just flat but he can definitely have it in his 3betting range.

Generally I find that these tournaments play more aggressive, so I feel regs usually have enough bluffs in their range to get it in with AK and QQ and call it a cooler if we're beat.