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Originally Posted by adamzerner
I have a hard time imagining someone three betting an UTG open with much that I beat. AK and QQ could be three betting the UTG open, but JJ? TT? 99? AQ? AJ? I get the sense that those hands would flat, and so I'm not seeing much value with QQ other than as a setmine. Do you agree with that, or are you seeing other value against LJ?
Well, I think you are overestimating the value range of the unknown LJ. He could also use a polarized 3bet range, with some suited connectors, some suited wheel aces, and maybe some offsuit mid-kicker aces which are not strong enough to play as a call. It works, because your percieved range seems super strong when you 3bet an UTG open. But I agree that mid and small pocket pairs (under JJ) will be mostly played as a flat call.