QTs 20BB effective, GTO spot explanation needed
I was playing a $50 tournament last night. It was one of those were the top 12.5% move on to the final day. We are 5 handed and 3 make it. Stacks are short. I am reviewing the hand in GTO wizard.
Effective stacks of ~20BB, 5 handed
Preflop: Hero has Q♠ T♠
Villain min raises UTG (LJ effectively) to 2.1BB, 3 folds, Hero calls in the BB
GTO Wizard says this hand is a shove at a 95% rate and a raise at the remaining 5% (JTS and KTs are similar in terms of a high frequency jam). Seems a bit odd? QJs is a call and Q9s is a call. Why is QTs a shove?
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-If its 5 left with 3 paid it is a specific ICM spot where preflop ranges will be a bit different than whatever (I assume chip ev) solution you are looking at.
-5way UTG is HJ not LJ.
-In general you should have a polarized 3b jamming range. Simply put you either jam because you want to get called by worse or because you are trying to fold out better (while still having reasonable equity when called). So here it sounds like QJs would be too good, it dominates lot of hands, so jamming it wouldn't really accomplish that much. QTs is better jam because it gets hands like QJo to fold, while still flipping against strong hands like TT or 99. And Q9s is a little bit too weak.
