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Originally Posted by RiverDood
In a $20 buy-in tournament, I think stubborn AK has to be part of Villain's range in all sorts of situations.
^^ This. Absolutely. in fact, if you partake in any live tourneys, buy-ins up to around $100 feature many many stubborn 'villians.' To get them 'off' their stubborn play, you have to make them 'hurt' earlier in the hand (not just at river time).
In other words, if i'm playing this, on the flop, my bet is full pot, if not 1.3 pot.. you know he doesnt hold an eight, but for all he knows, you might be playing A-Q this way so he isnt giving up 'for free'...
one thing i always come back to playing these relatively low buy in tournaments is, you CANNOT give the opponents any credit for thinking like you think... just because you wouldn't play AK this way, is totally irrelevant to how he might play it... so if you don't wanna play your QQ very aggressively, just be aware that there IS a good chance he's thinking he's good....
good luck
~ Slip