Ok so this hand has generated a lot of good discussion between my friends and I so I thought I'd post it here and see what you guys think.
Hand takes place at 25/50. My table is really tough for this tourney with Yevgeniy 2 to my right, good american kid on my left (who i later found out to be Thayer), some 5/10 online 6max cash reg who was playing well and the villain in this hand; young european dude who I vaguely recognised and have the feeling that the reason i do is because he's reallll good. Certainly carries himself well and looks the typical european superstar.
Villain is only recently moved to the table but these are initial impressions.
I start hand with ~4375, villain covers. This is last hand before break.
I open button to 125 with Ad8s, villain defends BB.
Flop
Villain checks, I bet 150, villain calls in rhythm.
Turn
(POT 575)
Villain checks, I bet 325, villain thinks for a bit then raises to 875. I call after ~30 secs
River
(POT 2325)
Villain picks up his whole stack and dumps it in the middle after around 5 secs. I have 3225 behind and dont want to fold....