$1.10 NLHE MTT: TT IP vs recreational and flat caller

I think is a bit aggresive to 3bet TT vs EP raise but since he/she has loose stats so it's ok I guess? once both call I don't know if an A high board is fine for me to c bet with that specific hand, but shouldn't I be playing more considering a range (like I would bet some Ax here and probably check KK,QQ)? but I'm playing against 2 people so one of them might some Ax suited or so. Watching that hand now I think it might be better to just call since it's early stage of tournament and I want to reduce variance at the begining and I have position, thoughts?

pokerstars - 40/80 Ante 10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

Hero (BTN): 4,706 (58.8 bb)
SB: 8,474 (105.9 bb)
BB: 6,541 (81.8 bb)
UTG: 4,356 (54.5 bb)
UTG+1: 8,634 (107.9 bb)
MP: 3,471 (43.4 bb)
MP+1: 5,000 (62.5 bb)
MP+2: 20,313 (253.9 bb)
CO: 5,000 (62.5 bb)

9 players post ante of 10, SB posts 40, BB posts 80

Pre Flop: (pot: 210) Hero has
fold, UTG+1 raises to 160, fold, MP+1 calls 160, 2 folds, Hero raises to 640, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls 480, MP+1 calls 480

Flop: (2,130, 3 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP+1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: (2,130, 3 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP+1 bets 1,040, Hero folds, fold

Results: 2,130 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

MP+1 wins 2,130

What is the 3rd card on the flop?

Sidetracked said:

What is the 3rd card on the flop?

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The flop is Ad3c8h and the turn is Jh.

When he just mini-raise, it kind of suck to call, because it gives the players in the blinds such a great price to join the party as well. And then you are basically playing TT solely as a setmine. So I am ok with 3-betting against a loose UTG player. Your size is to small though. With a field caller I like 10BB to give them worse odds to call. Postflop I think, its fine to just give up. With two opponents in a 3-bet pot its quite likely, someone has a better hand.

With that Ace on the flop, it makes it very difficult for your tens. In a 3 way, 3 bet pot, it's highly likely that someone has an Ace.

Sidetracked said:

With that Ace on the flop, it makes it very difficult for your tens. In a 3 way, 3 bet pot, it's highly likely that someone has an Ace.

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No doubt - puts us in an awkward situation and we are not going to love turn cards that roll off as paint.

I would flat TTs in position - we do need to have some stronger flats in our range for balance and for hands like 88s, 99s, and TTs we are certainly strong enough to call the raise and see the flop but the problem with these pairs is we are going to see TONS of flops with at least one overcard on them (sometimes more) and things can get awkward quickly so it's in my opinion it's best to flat, it disguises the strength of our hand and it allows us to play very optimally when bad flops come out. When we 3bet hands like this and flops come out with overcards those Broadway cards are almost certainly in our opponents 3bet calling range so again, it just gets harder for us to play. I would 3bet KKs here preflop and check the A hi flop here to protect my KKs and so as not to value town myself against the A. Call most any turn bets and evaluate rivers.

Anyhow, in conclusion I would flat this pre - we have to call one bet on the flop - then I am folding any turn bets - probably folding to alot of river bets as well if the turn checks as thru.