m3SLYFOX

Yo Espen?
Er det greit å snakke norsk her, eller vil du ta det på engelsk?
Anyway, I was just wondering when was this tournament played? It seemed like the field was ridiculously soft for a 109$ BI... Anyway, what do you think about check/shove the turn with AK at 29 minutes? And, do you feel there is a difference between the skill level in MTTs on the 20-75 $ level between FullTilt and PokerStars? Thanks!

I think both preflop and flop play is good, but I disagree with both the turn and espicially the river play. Lets start from the turn: His range here consist mostly of Jx, FDs, 33-88 (expect him to play 99-JJ different preflop) and 1-2 monsters he smooth calls w/on the flop (22,A2s). I just dont think he has too many floats here, so when the flush completes on the turn, I think its very optimistic trying to get value on both turn and the river with 100bbs starting stacks (considering the straddle). You can choose two lines here, which I think is almost equally as good: Line 1. You can bet the turn, because its such a good barrell card for all your AK-AJ hands with a spade and he will be more inclined to call with most of the flop calling range (Jx, maybe 33-88). After betting the turn, you can check so many rivers that he wont bluff, because when if/when he calls the turn, he has to put you on a AK-AJ type of hand with a spade or just plain air. Therefore, when you then check almost all rivers (2 or Q is a valuebet) he will think he has enough showdown value to check behind = QQ wins. All his monsters will either raise the turn or the river, so its an easy fold when he raises the turn or the river. Line 2. Somewhat similar thinking process as line 1, but instead of betting turn, you check trying to rep a hand thats giving up. If/when he bets the turn, we can check call hoping he is betting Jx and 33-88 for protection, because he thinks we have some sort of AK-AJ hand with a spade. On almost all river, we can check/fold, because again, he will think he has enough showdown value to check behind with all his Jx and 33-88 hands and his bets consists almost always of hands that beat us like 22,A2,55 and flushes. Back to the turn, if he checks behind, its a very easy value bet for us on a whole lot of river cards, given that he is giving up alot of value checking behind the turn with a monster (i think). As played, I would check fold the river very quickly. (Sorry for bad english)