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you have a hand that you feel is well ahead of his 3betting range. but u really dont wanna be just flatting AQ here since you'll be looking at a cbet like 95% of the time and cant really continue very comfortably most times. so you 4bet b/c basically you want to take down the pot preflop and send him a message that he cant just 3bet you w/ any two cards.

now, if you 4bet shove his calling range is way ahead of yours. probably something like JJ+, AK so you're in bad shape if you get it in preflop, he folds everything else usually. now, that same everything else usually folds to a smaller 4bet just the same as it does a shove so it makes your play way less expensive.

just make sure you call the shove if it comes your way since you'll be getting about 2 to 1 and you're in good shape against that range (roughly the same range for his calling a 4bet shove) getting 2 to 1 to call profitably and gamble it up.

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Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 28.151% 27.02% 01.14% 166534536 6998250.00 { AQo }
Hand 1: 71.849% 70.71% 01.14% 435898404 6998250.00 { JJ+, AKs, AKo }


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Nazahl,

This doesnt make much sense to me. If villain is calling a 4bet shove with the same range he is 5bet shoving (a valid assumption IMO) then there is no benefit to 4betting small because we lose the same when he shoves and we win the same when he folds.

I think 4betting small has an advantage when

1. We plan on folding to a shove with a hand like 54s
2. We have a very strong hand (AA,KK) and think he is likely to call a little lighter. e.g. maybe he will call with TT instead of folding it to a shove.