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Originally Posted by Asjbaaaf
If we're going to 3-bet fold this combo facing this action I think we should reconsider our 3-bet range. Would you jam vs a small 4-bet from UTG? Would you call a backjam from CO? If no and no then we're not really accomplishing much by 3-betting our AKo here and would be better off taking the flop in position.
AQo makes a nicer 3-bet bluff since it plays slightly worse postflop in a single-raise pot and has similar blocking properties. A5s is another decent one with slightly worse blockers but good playability should your 3-bet get flatted.
If we 3-bet AKo here it should be to stack off happily. Otherwise flat, imo.
I don't completely agree with that. I think there's a lot of value to 3-bet/folding AKo in lineups where people are going to overfold and/or flat your 3-bets too wide but are going to have a very tight, linear 4-bet range. Which is a lot of the pool in most $1100 tournaments, to be honest.
You could argue for a call with AKo sometimes against a UTG open (but probably not often from the button tbh) but once it goes UTG open and CO call, this is a mandatory squeeze spot. If we have AKs and JJ+ in our range, letting AKo go as an exploit isn't bad. As I noted in my previous comment, in theory this hand just happily stacks off, but a lot of the population either doesn't have a small 4-bet non all-in range or has no bluffs in their 4-bet range.
EDIT: The other thing to keep in mind here is that we're the final two tables of a tournament, so ICM is a big factor here. In these ICM spots, our ranges are pretty narrow and polar, and we're probably incentivized to do less flatting in general and more 3-betting. The button is an interesting spot because we get to flat more from there than from earlier positions, but facing multiple players I don't think we do much flatting at all.
Last edited by jpgiro; 03-27-2023 at 11:24 AM.