$70 NLHE MTT: $70 NLHE MTT: Should I squeeze?

Live full ring MTT Level 3 blind level 100/200 and will move to level 4 200/400 very soon. Rebuy is still available until end of level 3.

UTG: ~10BB
UTG+1: 50BB
UTG+2: 42BB
MP1 (Hero): 58BB

Short-stacked UTG open shoved right after a bad beat
and UTG+1 called after hesitated for a while.

UTG+2 also called. not much read about this player but he is tight.

Hero was dealt TT and squeezed to all-in.If I 3-bet to 30BB and would be very pot-committed so I prefer all-in.

What are your thoughts here?

I do not play live often but some thoughts....I like the hand which you posted, many thanks i would like to know myself what brighter minds will think about this situation (here are really good players out here in CC)...


I would prefer cold call on preflop (as i understand you have position and chip lead plus safe zone), but i would consider folding preflop since utg1 cold calling range looks so strong overall to me and i could not read him well enough to jam it in right now. imo


But i do not get it how you are squeezed to AI (you do not have to go AI) ? It is overall bad play to re-raise AI on preflop because active villains is getting good odds to call almost all their calling range ( i mean you do not have much folding equity vs 2 callers and TT is not playing well overall vs 2 active players on postflop, so i would set mine since i believe when i hit hard i will most likely make profit overall). imo

Your only choices are to fold or shove. Personally I like the shove as I find a lot of players will flat with a wide range of hands that you dominate or are ahead of and then they will call off after your shove. Yeah those AK/AQ hands will hit against you sometimes and once in awhile you find the others flatted with JJ/QQ but long term I think you'll be profitable here with the TT shove. You have the added bonus of still being able to rebuy.

With how you described callers actions, I would think that one of them may have AK or AQ and another may have a pocket pair. The first caller I think is more likely to have a smaller pair that TT or AQ, as he would have been more willing to put chips in with AK or better pair than TT (unless he was hollywooding), Second caller, tight player, is more likely to have AK, AA, KK, QQ or JJ. Against this range, you are way behind. TT seems like a better hand than it really is, especially here with two caller to an all in bet. I would fold here

quant1986 said:

Live full ring MTT Level 3 blind level 100/200 and will move to level 4 200/400 very soon. Rebuy is still available until end of level 3.

UTG: ~10BB
UTG+1: 50BB
UTG+2: 42BB
MP1 (Hero): 58BB

Short-stacked UTG open shoved right after a bad beat
and UTG+1 called after hesitated for a while.

UTG+2 also called. not much read about this player but he is tight.

Hero was dealt TT and squeezed to all-in.If I 3-bet to 30BB and would be very pot-committed so I prefer all-in.

What are your thoughts here?

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I like shoving here, certainly is close though, but with info you gave I like it.

You are almost certainly behind. AK AQ from the tight player can draw out. 4 player in w/ 10s is sort of a bingo move imo. I'd fold and wait for a better spot.

Thanks, UTG+1 held AJs and called my shove after tanking for a while, UTG+2 snap called with KK but I believe he may fold JJ and AQs.