[bmk67]

3 table live MTT, 6 players remain.

Blinds T200/T400
Villian has T11200 (1st in chips)
Hero has T10000 (2nd in chips)

Villian is UTG and raises to T2500. 4 folds.
Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and calls.

Flop is K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero checks, villain checks.

Turn is 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero open pushes T7500, Villain goes in the tank for about 3 minutes and calls.

There's a lot of things to hate about the way I played this hand, however, I have played with this particular villain and there are a few bits of information I have.

- Villain's preflop raises are transparent. He raises 5-6xBB with most pocket pairs, open pushes (regardless of stack size) with AA/KK, and otherwise raises 2-3xBB.

- Villain sees me as very aggressive.

- I am confident Villain will stack off with 99+ on a reasonable flop.

- I'm sure he has a lower pocket pair, and I'm also sure he doesn't have AK/AQ/etc.

- Villain has a poor understanding of odds.

Against a medium or shorter stack, I auto-reraise here almost 100% of the time. In this case, I opt to underrep my hand and sacrifice some pre-flop equity for the implied odds of taking nearly his whole stack.

On the flop, there is little for me to be afraid of (based on reads). He doesn't have KK, and if he has 88 or 55, so be it. I'm going to let him hang himself. Unfortunately he doesn't bite. He has to think I don't have a big pair or Kx here, he knows I'd bet it to find out where I'm out.

On the turn, I figure if I'm going to get paid, I'm trying to make it look like a total bluff (say a whiffed AQ), and I'm rooting for a call.

Suggestions on all streets welcome.