Quote Originally Posted by seven-deuce View Post
Ah ok, well i wouldn't 4bet here. My reasoning being villain is attacking an utg open which shows a lot of strength without a unique dynamic that has been built up through a lot of 3bet/4betting preflop and his 3bet percentage is 5 if im reading those stats correctly.

So in other words if you don't have a specific and reliable read that a guys is playing back at you then if your utg open gets 3bet its usually always strength.

Another reason is we believe villain to have a very strong range in this spot so we don't expect to get many folds to a 4bet so bluffing is bad, especially when we only have blockers to a Ten and Jack. So all AA AK KK QQ combos are still out there.

He's made a small 3bet and so we can call here and setmine with a hand that can be played very aggressively postflop if we happen to flop gin. So setmining is better than bluffing in this spot.

If we think villain has a very strong range and isn't folding very much we want to be raising a strong range pretty much AA KK AK.

We probably won't see him calling too many 4bets he'll either 5bet or fold and usually 5bet giving his 3bet range and the fact he 3bet your utg open. Also if he does flat your 4bet his calling range is going to dominate your hand for example hands like AJ JJ QQ. So flopping top pair could have reverse implied odds dont know if im using that term correctly or not, but what im trying to say is you could flop say 26J rainbow and think your good only to get called 3 streets by QQ or AJ for example.

So if we 4bet and he shoves we have to fold.
If we 4bet and he calls we're crushed.

If we call we can dump all our mediocre hands and potentially stack him when we flop huge. So calling>4betting here IMO.
Really good post, detailed information. Thanks.

EDIT - Would be much easier if there was a like button just to show I had taken the time to read your reply haha