Capped range, easy decision

Last night, day 2 of a mid-stakes MTT. Forty-odd left, average stack around 35 big blinds, I'm sitting comfortable on 48. Table's gone properly nitty for the last hour.

Cutoff opens, I'm on the button with A♠ Q♠. Normally I'm mixing it up here, but this bloke had been opening far too liberally and giving up whenever anyone showed resistance - so I put in a smallish 3-bet. He flats. Flop rolls out Q♦ 7♣ 3♠, which is about as clean as it gets. He checks, I fire small, he calls pretty snappily. Turn brings the 9♠. Top pair, nut flush draw. Most players pump the brakes here. I didn't fancy it. His range is capped badly in this spot - loads of middling pairs, the odd weak queen. I sized up and put him in a proper uncomfortable position.

He tanked for ages. Then shoved it in. This is exactly where people talk themselves out of it. I wasn't having any of that. With the redraw and the way the hand developed, folding would've been embarrassing, frankly. I snap-called without much fuss. He tables QJ. River bricks off. Sometimes it's nothing clever. You just recognise when someone's range is completely face-up and you don't bottle it.

Walked away with a top 5 stack and cruised from there, really.