$3.30 NL HE MTT: A10o in CO

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UTG has 31 hands played and VPIP 19 PFR 13 Flop C-bet 100 Turn C-bet 100 and 3-bet 0

This is a bounty tournament and the UTG had a minimal bounty ($0.75) and we are still in late reg.
Do you guys fold pre-flop (before my 3-bet)?
Do you guys play like I did? :ROFLMAO:

pokerstars, $2.94 + $0.36 - Hold'em No Limit - 80/160 (24 ante) - 8 players


UTG: 3,142 (20 bb)
UTG+1: 3,571 (22 bb)
MP: 7,740 (48 bb)
MP+1: 8,278 (52 bb)
CO (Hero): 7,560 (47 bb)
BU: 9,339 (58 bb)
SB: 14,127 (88 bb)
BB: 8,773 (55 bb)

Pre-Flop: (432) Hero is CO with A♥ T♣
UTG raises to 320, 3 players fold, Hero 3-bets to 800, 3 players fold, UTG 4-bets to 3,118 (all-in), Hero calls 2,318
 
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There are a lot of things I dont like with this move pre flop. First, unless we know something about villain, we are 3 betting against their UTG range which should be pretty good against our A10 off. Are we expecting them to open UTG with A9 or lower or K10 or lower? Just from a range perspective we are not in the best shape. Secondly, the sizing of the 3 bet is way too small to get a lot of folds from UTG (which we should want given we have a hand that is not a premium hand) and also may not deter the blinds from getting involved which is not what we are looking for here. Lastly, the stack of the UTG player is only 20 BBs so they rarely will be just calling here and at 20 BBs should be much more willing to go with their hand so I would expect that you will get jammed over a lot in this specific spot against many players. With A10 off, we are not looking to call all in players unless they are very short which would widen their range enough to make A10 a solid all in hand.

As played, when we get jammed on it would come down to what I think about villain and in this tournament how large their bounty is and it would have to be large for me to risk almost half my stack with a hand that a lot of hands beat. They play 19/13 which is not loose and their bounty is relatively small so both those would point me to folding. If I got this point in the hand somehow I think I would take my medicine and realize I made a mistake, learn from it and move. I dont think we can call here and be that enthused about it.
 
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