Playing a non-standard hand
Live tourney, $45 entry, 220 players, top 20 paid.
T1500 to start, we are currently about an hour in on level 4 (100/200). Blinds increase every 12 minutes.
Hero has T1500. Villain has at least T4000.
Villain is a solid player, probably one of the better players in the tourney.
Folded to villain on the button, who min-raises to T400. Hero is in BB w/T-4o.
Villian is aggressive in position and has been raising preflop several times and either getting no action or getting some doofus to go all-in with a weaker hand, and also one 3-outer on the river. In these tourneys, getting lucky is mandatory because there is not enough time/chips to sit around waiting for AA.
Clearly this hand is terrible, but I had a pretty strong feeling that villain was just on a blind steal, but I didn't have enough to make him fold with a reraise all-in. I decided to call and see what the flop brings. My plan was to check any flop and let him bet. He would almost surely bet enough to put me all-in or bet enough that a reraise all-in by me would make him pot committed.
Flop: K-T-4r
I quickly check, villain asks how much I have, then checks.
Turn: A
I check again, he quickly moves all-in. I can't see him making this play with a set and I have to think he bets on the flop with AK. I put him on a weak ace, and I played this hand specifically to double-up if I hit the flop, so I called.
Roast away.
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