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Message: [QUOTE="300HPGOD, post: 6694032, member: 305911"] As played, its an easy fold to a cold 4 bet. Highly doubt BB is bluffing here (especially live) and even if they are then sometimes you just have to tip your cap and think nice bluff. Again, highly doubt its a bluff and AQ against a cold 4 range is bad so easy fold. There are some nuances of this hand though. First, you say the table is tight which I believe since this is a live tourney, near the bubble, and is probably filled with mostly tourists. Therefore, what range do we put CO on when they open? If the table really is tight and we are near the bubble I dont expect very much here even though it is a cutoff open. Their range could be something as tight as 88+, A10 suited+. The CO is covered by you and the BB (not sure Buttons stack which even though they did not get involved in the hand does matter to CO open range here possibly) so I think that might also tighten them up a touch. Given that, AQ is middle of the road here. Also, CO opens for 3x. Is that the standard sizing of opens at the table or is this something new for CO? Could just be the chips were colored up and their only choices were 2x or 3x open but just wondering if there is something to that 3x open. With all that being said, I like 3 betting here but it would not be for value. I would peg CO as someone that I could get to fold just because of live bubble dynamics. I would go bigger than you did but not that much bigger. I only play live a few times a year but it seems like live players fold more (especially near bubble) so I think 17k or 18k is better than 15k just to give that slight touch more of fold equity but it does not have to be a 4x raise like online has to be. I would then c bet almost all flops at roughly 40% pot and would think I would win a decent amount of the time. If I got called on flop or raised flop or pre then I would just pitch without too much worry that I was behind. I will also bring up that I think its bad by BB to show they have AK there. When they show then everyone knows without any doubt that the 4 bet was value. If they dont show, there is always that 2-3% ish doubt by everyone else that maybe they made a play. If another spot were to come up shortly and they had a big hand again and wound up making an aggressive move they have a better chance of getting called if they did not show the AK in this hand since players might start to think they are a bubble abuser. I just dont get showing cards in spots like this where everyone folds as we want our opponents to have some doubt as to what we had. [/QUOTE]

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