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[QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6716610, member: 397965"]
The key word here is competent opponent. Against a weak passive opponent it can be a fine strategy to raise out of the small blind. This might be an opponent, who wont defend enough, or an opponent who will mostly defend by calling, and will never 3-bet you light. Because one of the thing, you also dont want to happen here, is, that he jam on you preflop. Yes you have him covered, so its his tournament live at risk. But if you call and lose, you are left with just 12BB and very likely to be the next player out. And because of ICM you are not really happy with that situation even with a hand as relatively good as ATo. Its much better to be the player with fold equity, who put him to a decision for all his chips, if he attack your limp.

As a final comment you could also turn your hand into a bluff and jam the river. Maybe after making a slightly larger turn bet. This is a valid line, but I think, AT might have just enough showdown value, that I prefer to bluff with other hands. I dont think, you win this very often by checking the river, but maybe once in a while he check back a hand like A5 or A2, and your AT is actually good. I dont like hero calling with A high though, so weather you check or make this weird block bet on the river, its a fold, when he show aggression.
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