This is a hand from an $11 R&A $500 GTD tourney on WSOP NJ
We're at the final table, down to just three players

Blinds 2k/4k 400 ante

Hero Sb 148,626: fairly tag image through most of the final table, mostly due to almost everyone being short. once we got down to three handed, hero has been getting more active, mixing it up and 3betting light. hasn't been too wild though.

Villain Button 237,093: lag image. he's been very active from the start of the final table, as he came in with the chip lead. he's was raising very wide pf. after the flop he seems to play pretty well.


Preflop 7.2k
V raise to 8k
H 3b to 19k A5
Bb fold
V call

Flop 43.2k 1076
H bet 15.3k
V call

Turn 73.8k J
H ? (should hero be doublebarreling here? or checking and giving up?)

Check & give up most likely.

Knowing the stack of the third player is kinda important here.

^ the 3rd player had around 80k, does that make this a dicey spot to 3b light? i wanna note, the 3rd player was pretty tight, not shoving as much as he should with his stack size

ive been out of the game for months so take what i say with a grain of salt. if anyone has other opinions or thinks im off please let me know

my initial thought was to just flat pre.

as played i think I bomb flop a little heavier or just check. think his whole range calls you there with your sizing.

as played i give up ott and no i don't think its a good double barrelling card. i think a A, K, T, 7, 6 are all good cards to double barrel

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Pre is good. I would cbet at least the same amount of my pf raise. Ya that J sucks. I would just give up although I usually like to follow through in these situations.

BigT - first off its great to see you man! My default is to 3b my entire range from a steal from the sb and here it's especially important because the bb has a really good squeeze stack.

I would 3b bigger, were out of position and ideally dont want to go post flop OOP against chip leader whos been on a tear, he'll most likely be feeling confident and willing to play pots IP.

A5hh is nice looking but not that fun to play OOP in a 3b pot, i want to take it down pre, so making it 24k and try winning right there.

Bigger pre. With ur sizing villain is going to peel pretty much allways. Turn is clear c/f. Not very good card to barrel.

3b>>>>flat here

Im not so sure db here is so bad as alot of people advocate. However I think it's pretty likely you need to go all the way here and it's high variance spot.

Depends on your read. If he's floating 80 % + of your cbets like he should in position then ill fire another barrel here

If he's not then chk / fold

it's good to double barrel on high cards no doubt, and like lazy larry said above that if hes floating 80% of your cbets then u should fire again.

i'd make it 35-37k ott