Prolly fold only because of how early it is in the tourney. I just don't think a 'smart' player would see any fold equity in a 4BB this early in a 4.40. Moreover, I don't think he wants to go blind preflop with thin to no FE with JJ/AK or less. I would think in a 4.40, he'd even take a flop with KK to make sure he doesn't get binked, and if so, gets out with a lot of life left. So it's almost certain he is jamming the pot AA assuming he won't be able to shake either of you regardless, since you are 20-25% committed, and in a 4.40.

I know we need to assign a range. But, in this case it's AA to AA, suits pending. Anything else, save for possibly KK would just be a shock to me.

LOL at this. Beaver, did you look up his OPR during the hand or after. Against an unknown I instacall and giggle when he tables ATo. Why is a player with 27k in profit playing a $4.40 anyway...? He maybe have started fresh, or just messing around. I think I call and expect to see TT+, AQo+.

If you bust early in a $4.40 you can easily join another. However, doubling up early makes it MUCH easier to go deep. I call.

LOL at this. Beaver, did you look up his OPR during the hand or after. Against an unknown I instacall and giggle when he tables ATo. Why is a player with 27k in profit playing a $4.40 anyway...? He maybe have started fresh, or just messing around. I think I call and expect to see TT+, AQo+.

If you bust early in a $4.40 you can easily join another. However, doubling up early makes it MUCH easier to go deep. I call.

LOL at this.

My answer is based on the fact that our villain appears to be a very good thinking player AND under the assumption that we don't snap call because "it's only a tournament, you can easily join another". Hence I give a thinking response, assuming that you are trying to do yoru best in this tourney, like any other. I do call this 99% of the time....but based on the quick recon OP makes of the villian, you'd be daft to not visualize a more realistic 4 bet range I'd think. I do agree that "it's just a 4.40", etc. etc. etc. but still.

Additionally, I personally flat here in a 4.40 with KK to see if an A hits the flop, as it's near 100% in the 2nd hand of a 4.40 that one of these two villains, if not both, are carrying an ace. And it's 100% that if they catch their ace on the flop, they aren't folding. It's +EV.

You lose so much value flatting with KK, AINEC. So many people in $4.40s will stack of with any PP, any A, even hands like KQ, KJ, and QJ. Letting them see, and most likely, a flop just cost you 1200+ chips.

Playing scared won't win you a $4.40, ever.

I think maxstpolish was saying that other players might flat w/ KK, not advocating it as a strategy to use. Although, I could be wrong... but yeah, flatting w/ KK there would be super bad.

I know we need to assign a range. But, in this case it's AA to AA, suits pending. Anything else, save for possibly KK would just be a shock to me.

I'd say the range is AA, KK and AK. But even in the best case scenario AK it's more or less a coinflip, which just isn't worth it at this stage of the tournament. It's a fold and a note who witnessed the fold - people seem to be getting ideas that they can bluff push you around if you make a sensible fold.

I agree with the others. It's a 4.40, it's QQ, I'm never folding.......ever.