Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Value Range
Value Range Just about everyone knows that when you re-raise pre-flop with QQ+, AK, you're doing it for value against your opponent’s raising range. What is considered value, of course, depends on your opponent and their opening range and calling range from each position. What is considered value is a mixture of these two elements.
Some people get confused
Some people get confused and think that 3-betting with AQo isn't for value because your opponent won't call with worse in certain situations. It will be for value, but not by much because you'll have only a slight equity edge against a standard cut-off open raising range (say of 30%). And your opponent’s 3-bet calling range isn't that great against you either, even though their calling range from the cut-off will likely be slightly higher, especially if they have position on you.