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Its tough catching premium hands early in a tournament. No one is short stacked and desperate, most everyone is still playing relatively cautious trying to get reads, the blinds are small so a fold in the BB or SB is meaningless chip-wise. Its a fine line between min-raising to allow others in (and getting sucked out on), and betting big and scaring everyone out. I will sometimes just call in early position, and will lightly three-bet any who raise in middle or late position. I want action, but on my terms. I will usually call a small raise when in late position and bully after the flop, 3 bet a big raise, and be satisfied with a fold. If, on the other hand, several players after me limp to the flop, I’m good for one raise or three bet, but will let it go easily if 3 bet on a wet board. Again, its early, plenty of time to recoup your losses. Best case scenario, there is a LAG who is trying to win the tournament on one hand, and you stack him. Late position, min raise to appear to be stealing blinds and maybe induce a bluff raise from the blinds, then a big 3 bet. A win is a win, even if its just the blinds. Its nice to win big with your premium hands, but absolutely sucks to get railed early on by getting your nuts busted because you fell in love with them.
