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[QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6747126, member: 397965"]
Against an EP open it is often best to just call with hands like TT and JJ. The reason is, that if you get action, you are usually not in great shape, and if you get 4-bet, both your options kind of suck. The latter is especially important, when stacks are relatively short, because then an out of position opponent will often either 4-bet jam or fold rather than call. And if you dont want to call that 4-bet, and also dont want to fold, then you should avoid creating the situation by not 3-betting in the first place.

As played you have to pay 17BB to win a pot of 2 x 23BB plus the blinds and antes, so you need roughly 35% equity to break even in chip EV. A realistic worst case scenario is, that he is getting it in with JJ+, AK. In that case you have 33,7% equity, so TT would be a fold, but getting it in is not a significant mistake. If his range is TT+, AQ+, you have 40,4% equity, so now you are winning chips, but adjusted for ICM its somewhat marginal. So depending on his range your call is either slightly losing or slightly winning, which illustrate, why the 3-bet was not a good idea. If you are just trying to get him to fold, then you would much rather 3-bet a hand like A5s, which block his 4-betting range and has an easy fold, if the 4-bet happen anyway.
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