got a feeling you won something Sam to be posting at this time...?

yba. still regging

This hand is from UKIPT Bristol.

I have a 15k stack, I've been up and down a few k the first two levels having been quite active.

Villain in this hand is an unknown. The only info I have is that he mentioned he'd only played a couple of the fox monthly comps live before. Has 3b me in first level, where I've folded and he's shown me queens. Not long after, he 3b an UTG raise from the button, UTG flatted. He bets every street when checked to on a Q high board. He bombs 7/8 pot otr, UTG folds and he shows him KTo.
In this same level I've min called a 3b and checked down a AKxxx board, he's showndown queens which are good.
He's also 3b the sb vs a Genting sponsored polish lady and bet bet an AA93 board, then checked the river and showdown King high which was good.

Blinds are now 75/150. I'm the effective stack.

I get dealt  in mp1 and raise to 325.

Folds to Ben Grafton whom flats the button (pretty hungover lol, has been pretty quiet. We played each other lots before both live and online, Squids bro.)

Villain 3b's the sb to 875. bb folds. I call, Ben calls.

Flop (pot 2775) 

Villain bets 1075.

How do we proceed?

Do you know Rob Russell? If you do should make it even more of a snap fold pre imo. Very rarely getting ool here. If he has decided to pick this spot, it will be occasionally with a marginally worse hand that will still have decent equity against you, a better hand where you have reverse implied, or a hand where you outdraw him and he won't lose many chips.

Turn doesn't change your hand massively. You were losing on the flop and are still losing now, just with a couple more outs, some/all of which may not even be 'outs'. Fold or raise turn. Too tired to work out stacks but you have about 13k with 5k in there and facing a 3750 bet?! Could jam turn, think you're too shallow though. May just sigh call it off.

I'm more talking about attacking the worse players on table in ^^ btw

lol. Have actually talked about this before with some people. My views have changed a fair amount still then, but I still think some are still true.

Most tournaments these days you are going to start 250-300bb deep. A lot of people play so tight at the early stages, or miss them all together but is this actually the right strategy?

I think you can actually make it very hard for an opponent to win a pot with AA/KK etc when 200+ bb deep. If therefore some opens, you 3bet, now you get 4bet a lot of people are exclusively polarised to AA/KK. If playing say 250bb deep, can an arguement not be made for peeling such a wide range? It is very hard for them to call off 200+bb on most flop/turn/rivers unless hit a set or get certain board runouts. Especially now, when people bet so small there is SO much room for maneuverability through the streets. Obviously I am not saying to go banannas at the start of a comp but and start 3/4 betting every hand, but may be an argument can be made for say 3bet calling pre a lot wider range (esp in pos)?

Obviously it can be quite hard to pay £10k for an event, or be backed into it and then do your stack peeling a 4bet pre with 56, calling a J96 board, bet/raising a 4 turn then shoving an 8 river. Also, it's hard to look back at tournaments where you have bust out with no pair no draw after making the 'strongest' of plays and been called down. But likewise a lot of your opponents are going to be thinking this. How many fish want to bust within 1 hour of a EPT and tell there mates 'well i had AA and 4bet some young kid then bet, bet called, check called a QJ759 board.....In a vacuum it sounds pretty terrible to bust with 1 pair on a board like that.

OOP, is where most 4betting will be from, can make some very difficult situations arise. Your oppenent will find it hard to predict what you are going to tdo and you will have a good idea of where you are at at every point in the hand, which is pretty much a disaster for you opponent in NLH when playing this deepstacked.
 
If you look at what hands people check turn and/or river with, often they are checking to try and control pot. If in position, it is then possible to manipulate the pot size so that a river shove is near impossible to call. Like I said, it is very hard/rare to hear of someone busting early on in big-buyin comps with just 1 pair. It's hard enough on dry boards, let alone straightening/flushing/paired boards etc. Not to mention there is always a chance you can hit 2 pair after peeling a 4bet with J3s !!

All being said, it's sooo important to profile your opponent, especially if your going to be attacking top of someones range. No point ^^ if it's against someone who is happy to bust and say 'had AA and got outdrawn'

seeing rivers FTW

One of the few spots I'd fold pre. Doesn't seem like he's getting that out of line as previous. Seems to look like he has at least a relatively good understanding of the game from history. Not too sure who you are but assuming as you post on a PHA you are going to be in top 3 players at table and Ben definitely is, so don't think he is going to be 3betting light from the sb pre antes 100bb deep as he is going to be coffined post

Call flop

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lol. You are gonna take him down a rocky road from which not many return

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Get yourself over to this auction mate, reckon you buy a Heavyweight WBA belt for deece price. Birds will be a lot more interested in a heavyweight boxer then a 6-max champ!!

Seriously, how the hell do these dickheads get through this sort of cash?

Income tax, agents, booze blow and hookers. Poker players do it exactly the same way, without the tax or agent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2216632/Evander-Holyfield-auction-prized-boxing-possessions.html

Get yourself over to this auction mate, reckon you buy a Heavyweight WBA belt for deece price. Birds will be a lot more interested in a heavyweight boxer then a 6-max champ!!