This week we’re focused on a tournament scenario where you are defending your blind against a tough player on the Button who opened to 2.5BBs with a big blind ante in play.
Both ranges are extremely wide here with the Button’s range being uncapped and your range being quite capped. You will certainly reraise preflop in this spot with most pairs, big aces and broadway combos, however the direct pot odds you are getting preflop mean hands like 62s can potentially make a reasonable preflop call. With this dynamic in play the Button often has a large range advantage on most flops so checking to the button will be your default preflop play.