Stars 30+3 bvb bubble AQ big stack vs big stack

[rubenrtv]

No history with villain. I have been playing tight, accumulating chips with good hands. Have not been caught on a steal or a bluff yet.

My current position is 3/21. 18 paid.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP2 (t8395)
CO (t3647)
Button (t18290)
SB (t16942)
Hero (t18780)
UTG (t17273)
MP1 (t18451)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t1200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t3800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t16917</font>, Hero ?

[korleone_x]

A lot of this depends on feel, but I think you can call and be flipping at worst a great deal of the time, and not be behind very often. However, if I felt like I could accumulate by stealing and restealing a lot then I'd just fold this and do that, since you'll still have a decent stack left.

[Rocco]

I wouldn't call a nitty opponent here, but barring reads, I normally assign people to be tight in a more normal way. Can't really tell the exact hand range but it's definitely 77+/AJ+ and you're a little less than a coinflip against that range. I guess AA and KK would call your 3-bet trying to trap instead of shoving, so we can assign those hands less probability. Now we suddenly have a clear call.

[donquay]

call...SB's range for 4-bet shoving in bvb is considerably wider than QQ+ and AK...I don't know what the numbers would be against a reasonable range but I'm pretty sure you're getting more than the right price to call.

In this situation if you're not calling a shove, then don't 3-bet.

[ssnyc]

awkward stack sizes...not sure about the 3bet amount...I may have flat called and seen what developed...any reads on the SB at all?

[Rocco]

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In this situation if you're not calling a shove, then don't 3-bet.

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Very true! Forgot to mention this, but we should obv know what to do against a possible shove BEFORE we 3-bet.

[levAA]

get it all in, in a BvB AQ is a monster

[rubenrtv]

I have no reads on villain at all. Afterwards I checked his stats. Winning player.

What is a better size for my 3bet?

[Rocco]

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I have no reads on villain at all. Afterwards I checked his stats. Winning player.

What is a better size for my 3bet?

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Your bet size is fine. What you should remember from this hand is that you need to have a future plan for what to do if this or that happens when you 3-bet. You should always plan ahead, it makes your decisions much easier...

[JammyDodga]

how fast did he push?