Sorry for misleading title, wasn't in the line-up but thought this was sorta interesting.

3-handed 400/800, BTN is Jason Mercier IIRC, SB Antonius, BB terryhsu.
Mercier opens, Antonius calls, terryhsu calls.
Flop Q65o, Antonius leads, rest fold.

This was so unorthodox line, or atleast a very peculiar one, that it got me wondering. Esp. since Antonius is regarded one of the top FL players.

What would you think Antonius could lead here? QT/QJ/78(prob bdfd)? Anything else? With these hands do you think it's an ok line, or do they still play better c-r'ed?

Prob something like A6o,A5o

w/ tmfs, he probably cr's those hands to shut out BB, it is possible it's a random set to trap BB and get in a bet/3bet, perhaps 78, who knows, tough to really speculate w/o much more, i have no idea how he plays limit and how often he cold calls

I would contend that leading this flop shuts out the BB just as much if not more than check/raising, while costing less.

the most likely answer is that he played this hand poorly

I have no idea who those two opponents are though and how they play, so PA`s line could be everything from expert to terrible imo. Its not a std line vs your avg regs anyway.

If these two opponents fit a certain type of player type then more or less all hands mentioned above could make good sense.

So yea, impossible to answer without more info

...Aces?

Way more unorthodox than his donk is def. his preflop call

Is PA regarded as one of the top LHE players?

Im not able to say how its atm, but 2 years ago I def. would have said that he's one of the best hu player of the world. But not 3way+

This.

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