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Monte Carlo  DTD

I have just won a flip vs Keys to get back over s/stack of 30k for the first time in a few hours and then pick up a couple of pots with 3/4 bets so my image is more active in the past level and a bit than the previous couple of hours.

Villain 1  Salsa Instructor - Has been very active and flopped really well and got paid to get to 80k and min raises loads and calls most 3bets with a variety of holding in and oop
Villain 2  Tom Kuggelstadt - Obv solid Ip and lost a few pots so is looking for a spot to double through and has already flatted  Kd Kc in lp waiting for a squeeze from me or the blinds, we have discussed a lot of hands in this tourney and he has stated he wont be waiting around and is prepared to get it in light to double as opposed to wait till he has less than 20bbs.  playing 17k
BB - James Keys  Nuff said  playing 35k

Blinds 300/600/50

Salsa Boy makes it 1200 in mp and Tom flats the CO we find  Aspades Qh otb and flat (thoughts) as I think if i 3b here and Salsa flats which is likely Tom is going to ship a high% of the time and we have deception by flatting here, Keys makes up from the bb

Flop  2h 2s 6h  Keys Check, Salsa 1200, Tom Folds, I call one street, Keys calls

Turn  Qc  Keys Checks, Salsa Checks, I Check for control (thoughts)

River  2c  Keys Checks, Salsa 1200, I min Riase to 2500 but in hindsight think I under raised by a couple of kk,
How much should I make the river??
and we happy to call it off if Keys CR the river?

I think you might get paid by under pairs Upto 5k thinking more like 4.5k don't think you get much more and won't get called more than the 2.5k with ace high

pre - raise to get it in with Tom given your initial thoughts?

flop  - meh - s'ok

turn - i bet

river - not remotely concerend about keys here cking a monster, I probably prob bet pot tbh - 7-8k? - Might even shove if my image is terrible and we are last to act. Infact given my image probs would be terrible, i think i shove and look for the big stack hero call with a pair > 66 <QQ

100% bet bigger, much bigger.

default should always be to bet on the bigger side imo, you need a reason to bet small in spots like this and you don't have one.

3bet pre, flop is good, bet turn, as played make river 5455

gotta love Pleno   I will ask Simon Trumpet next time to bring out them 5 chips  :P

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