the reason i like 3betting this opponent is that players from his generation (generally) are very bad at sizing 4bets/frequencies (too large, too rarely). i'd have a pretty aggressive 3betting strategy vs his 3x opens, and my perception of how he plays, turning as many borderline hands (A10o, KJo, some SCs) into 3bets as possible.

Because in tournaments people never bet more than 1/3rd pot.

Do you mean with ATo specifically or with any hand facing that open? Why do you think it's so difficult for call to be better than 3bet?

Agree, not much else to add. I don't think he has a thin value range at all either. Andy Bloch is not the type to try some super creative bluff in his biggest tournament of the year against a player he likely respects. Interesting hand.

I would certainly 3bet that hand 100% there i was wondering what was up with that too

When you're coming up with a river sizing here, finding a way to exploit both his c/c as well as his c/r frequencies isn't unachievable, and the more he c/r's river (prob not much but w/e) the more your bet should allow you to predict the frequency in which he bluffs.

As stated before, is Andy going to risk that many chips on a NLH hand? I feel he has a much stronger edge in the other games and thus is only check/shoving this river with hands that beat AT. Also curious why the big bet on the river and not a standard 2/3 pot size bet?

i agree

ATo specifically in this particular situation with the ante involved. Pm'ed you about the other question

I like how you played the hand, though I check back the flop some decent % of the time. I like big river sizing, and now I think the river is honestly a really easy fold. There's just NO chance Andy Bloch is bluffing in this spot. Ever. Ever.

I think calling pre is my 3rd favorite option but I'm open to being swayed into calling given a few conditions. Flop/turn are pretty standard... and river I think is played pretty perfectly, given a fold. If he shows a bluff, I immediately drown myself in the Rio pool and let my stack blind out because I'll have lost my will to live.

Something pretty key (might have been mentioned, didn't read replies..) is that as much as he only has a bunch of flush combos.. it's still a healthy portion of his range given that he folds out a ton of stuff to your 2 barrels on that board.. he knows you're going to be betting river often and I'd think his turn calling range (that doesn't include spade draws) is pretty strong/tight/snug and I'd be surprised if he was thinking deep enough to turn strong 2-street bluff-catching hands into river CR-bluffs giving you infinity:1 to fold a straight.

I saw this hand in HSMTT, haha responses here are so much better (as expected.)

Anyhow, all of this, except I don't love how you worded the second paragraph. But very well put to the rest of it.

In an 8game mix having balanced / unexploitable strategy seems irrelevant to me. You're certainly not going to be playing enough NLHE hands with AB that it's going to matter and you should certainly just be trying to maximize EV on this one hand.

With that said i definitely think you are going to get more river value with a smaller bet size and might actually induce some tight laydowns with the larger bet size. I think you will get many more hero calls by making a more reasonable bet. If you are going to bluff the river here i think the larger bet size has more merit since having a balanced range doesn't matter.

As played, i don't think AB is ever bluffing and you can safely fold (easier said than done getting that price)

B/c it's over the size of the pot.

pretty sick but seems like a fold for 96 to win 524, maybe a more interesting question for everyone who said that though is whats the smallest reraise to which you still fold?