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Originally Posted by kevmode
The guy called on the river because your story in the hand didn't add up. You bet the flop, check the turn and all of a sudden you are betting the river. The guy probably put you on a missed flush draw or a bluff because you didn't bet the turn. I would of just saved the hassle and folded preflop because you have a weak off suit hand even though you are on the button. In a $10 mtt players are going to be sticky and call you down there. If you would of sized the turn to set up a river jam he might of mucked the hand because there isn't many value hands he is beating with river jam. You started the hand with 45 bigs you could of avoided playing the hand. I play a tighter style preflop than some players a lot of the time which works for me but I can change gears when I need to based on the dynamic of the table my chip stack etc.. I haven't been studying much and just started playing again mtts again 5 months ago so I am rusty and still adjusting. These are just my thoughts so take it with a grain of salt.
Kevmode was pretty spot on. I also take into account how active CO has been before I 3b (will adjust bet size and/or 3b range based VPIP/RFI from LP).
I also consider other dynamics such as stage of the tournament and table dynamics (loose/tight, passive/aggressive).
But since we do not have that information, in a vacuum I would probably put this in my fold range. However as played... We have understand how strong our hand needs to look to our opponent to get him to fold better hands (since we don't even have a bluff catcher). If you 3b pf, you will need to continue to tell a story on multiple streets if you have people calling your 3b. Let's try to construct this (your homework):
-Hands villain opens/calls 3B...
-Hands a normal person might 3B...
-Hands that BB defends...
Are you there?
- Examine flop texture... Who has advantage?
If it is you, but you DONT have it--then make them believe you do have it. This includes triple barrels, down sized flop bets followed by turn over sized bets, etc
If it isn't you, but you do have it-- take the same line as above.
If it is you and you have it... Play a little weaker nd give opponents a chance to catch up so you can extract more value on later streets (turns or rivers).
Not sure if my thought process came across as logically as it is in my head. But it really begins with understanding hands to 3B and why, then studying how to proceed after you pull the trigger.
