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Originally Posted by Pokerpops
I don’t see any way we can do other than sigh fold here.
Utg is described as old and tight a trait that our young aggro opponent is presumably aware of, yet he 3 bets.
In face of this the CL chooses to squeeze…
Fold and close your eyes until the hand is over. When you open them you might be at least $6.7k better off
I totally disagree. The old tight UTG could fold lots of his raises to 3 bets. Sometimes that's what being tight means. The young aggro could be trying to pick on him, and the CL has noticed this dynamic and figures he can pick up some chips.
I think we have to get the money in here. We are 5-handed, which means our 30 BB stack is closer to a 20 BB stack or even less, and the odds of something as good as AK coming around again before we're crippled are rather low. The chip leader will have hands that we are flipping with like QQ/JJ/TT, and some hands we dominate, such as AQ/AJs/KQs. Occasionally he will have AA/KK, yes, but it is said that he has been running the table so we can't assume that. Also, he will be facing only a 2x raise so if he was making a power move with A5s or something he's forced to call, which is a great result for us.
That said, Mr. Rick's advice is great. If you really care about laddering/the money makes a difference to you/other players at the table seem like they're itching to bust, etc., wait for a better spot. You don't lose anything by folding and could gain thousands this hand.
With different dynamics in place (e.g. everyone has 40 BB stacks and this happens) I obviously snap fold.