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playing this UTG is crazy

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How's it "crazy"? What's your range utg then at this level? And if it were AK no club you would play the hand allin? I don't really think KQ is that bad late in the tournament; nobody smooth calls preflop with AK or even AQ this late. If I get reraised preflop I'm done.

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Why even play it for a raise then? Late in a tournament, you have to pick your spots. UTG aggression is a recipe for disaster with a marginal hand. My UTG range here would be TT+, AQs, AK. I'm never limping UTG. You just set yourself up for difficult decisions on the flop and later streets, and if you show any weakness at all OOP, a thinking opponent's gonna scoop up the pot.

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If I'm raising utg it almost doesn't matter what I have. They assume my range is very tight utg. You think people are going to float flops and take it away from you on the turn with nothing with their whole stack at risk? And the play rarely goes beyond the flop at this point.