Neil's 25NL Session (2)

Without a post flop read on my opponents I prefer not to flat 3bets oop at 100bb's at all. With a better idea of an opponents range, and how he will play it postflop, flatting with a hand like AQ can be a perfectly fine play. If I 4bet there, it would have been with intentions of getting all in. You are right, 67s does have slightly better equity vs a tight stack off range of QQ+ (sometimes JJ) and AK, but AQ has much better equity if his range is any wider than that, or specifically if he is ever 5bet jamming an Ax type hand or small-med pp as a bluff. 4bet stacking off is +ev in a spot where an opponent is 3bet/folding a lot because of the dead money he puts in every time he folds, even though we are only approx 30% vs his value range when the money actually gets in. Taking slightly the worst of it is ok because of the dead money in the pot, and the assumption that a player aggro enough to get into this dynamic with may be exploiting you if you 4bet/fold hands as strong as AQ. If you have a good enough read of your opponent to know he will never 5bet light at all, and dont feel you can profitably play AQ postflop with a call, using it as a bluff and 4bet folding could be fine, but I would want to have a decent read on my opponent.