$1 NLHE MTT: $$1 NLHE MTT: correct shove to this resteal?

Hi guys,
in a $1.00 45man SNG i came acros this situation.
I opened from the button and get a call from the sb and the bb desides to raise.
I thought this looked like a perfect position for bb to try and resteal. So id put him on a lot of hands he cant call a 4bet shove with. Im not sure if this was too loose though. What do you guys think?

PokerStars - 150/300 Ante 25 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 4.32 BB (VPIP: 17.02, PFR: 16.30, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 143)
MP: 42.06 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
MP+1: 22.33 BB (VPIP: 14.61, PFR: 13.79, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 90)
CO: 7.54 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BTN): 20.3 BB
SB: 12.56 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 10.34, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)
BB: 19.18 BB (VPIP: 28.75, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 3.13, Hands: 81)
UTG: 9.47 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)

8 players post ante of 0.08 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.17 BB) Hero has A♦J♥

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.09 BB, SB calls 1.59 BB, BB raises to 6 BB, Hero raises to 20.22 BB and is all-in

It's unlikely to be a resteal off a 20BB stack. At micros a 3 bet generally is strong and this guy is likely never folding to a shove. We never get called by worse so it feels a bit thin but I still don't really hate it because flatting is super awkward and folding feels bad

Generally I would agree with this, but in this particular spot I like the shove since it feels like a steal attempt from the BB. From villain's perspective, the BU wants to steal by min-raising, SB calling is pretty much meaningless, so a 3-bet to round 6 BB should do it. At least that is how I would play it in BB's position here.

Bozovicdj said:

Generally I would agree with this, but in this particular spot I like the shove since it feels like a steal attempt from the BB. From villain's perspective, the BU wants to steal by min-raising, SB calling is pretty much meaningless, so a 3-bet to round 6 BB should do it. At least that is how I would play it in BB's position here.

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I'm genuinely unconvinced that people 3 bet fold in micros on 20BB. If this were a 33+ I'm snap getting it in. If he were restealing I think he would just get it in to maximize his FE

Agreed with jbloch.

I fold vs most here, jam vs very aggro opponents.

Fold to the 3-bet. You are almost certainly behind, you are dominated by many of the villain's hands, and your tournament life is on the line.

Call, it's too high on your range, I don't think you can fold it here. Push is ok, since you have blocker to A, but you also block Ax bluff threebets. No need to shove, just call, and reevalute on the flop.

Thanks for the reply guys, i see that it was a bit thin. Villain ended up calling with KQs and hitting a K on the flop

vs the SB I get it in. vs the BB I just fold. (and hope the SB calls so I can see what he raised with).

A few things make me think his 3b is more likely to be value:

#1 his stack size. He has the perfect re-steal JAM stack and if he jams he might be restealing...but he didn't jam he just raised. He's probably got a monster and he doesn't feel his hand needs fold equity, he wants action.

#2 the BB in general is a spot people tend to flat out of instead of 3b because of the great odds they are getting. so when they do 3b I find its really weighted to value. ask yourself what are the likely 3b bluffs? suited connectors, Ace Rag etc. those hands are getting better than 5:1. They will often just call here.

#3 with the short stacked SB already in the pot having called a raise, he has to know his 3b isn't getting through very often. he doesn't care, he 3b anyways. cuz he has a value hand.