[Hand Vs Isaac Haxton]

*It's also an option to 3bet to a smaller amount than all-in. This makes you and your ranges tougher, but I think works out poorly given tournament life considerations. I'm not sure how often Ike calls, or if he'd only shove or fold. I think it makes more sense, and is much easier, to shove hands like 88, A5s, and AQo and to 3bet smaller with air and hands like JJ+.

The way I read the hand, it seemed like Daniel had Ike covered. Doesn't that make 3-betting better as you could effectively leverage his stack as he'd be less likely to call for the reasons you described? I also don't quite understand shoving for ~30bb with the TT-88, A5s, AQo range. I guess if you assume that Ike has Daniel covered and that he could call a fair bit, you're willing to define your range to prevent him from out playing you in position? In the case where Daniel has Ike covered, it seems like adding these mid-strength hands to your three betting range is better because it would let you 3-bet wider, no?

I love the way you played the flop, and it's something I don't do enough of in tournaments. My instinctive reaction is to call and figure it out later, but I think your play is so much better. I'm not sure if it's for the same reasons I like it or not (or if it was based on some very cool reads), but I'd rather hear your thought process than get into mine.

I'm also curious to hear Daniel's explanation here. When you say this is something you don't do enough of do you mean raising in general or this size raise in particular. I don't understand the sizing, especially with the hand he has, it seems like shoving would have been better. Although I do agree, that this is a spot where calling feels more natural but is a lot worse than raising. I guess with the smaller raise you can do this a very high % of the time and expect that he folds quite a bit and if you're going to do it a lot you need all the value hands you can get. Actually seems kinda similar to the pre-flop situation in that way...

[Mistake In Ept Grand Final]

I think it's probably a mistake to assume that just because the tight player raised he has to have a premium hand or that the Russian will only 3-bet premiums. In fact, I think it would be a pretty big leak in their games if that were the case. Tight players use their image to pick up pots but probably won't fight back if they face resistance without the goods. So the Russian should be 3-betting a somewhat small but polarized range (Stack sizes matter, but I think it's safe to assume that stacks weren't extremely deep). Since both opponents are likely polarized here, shoving a good but not great hand is a mistake as you're not likely to get called by a worse hand. Generally speaking, if you're shoving you should have a polarized range not an unpolarized range. The situation is slightly complicated by the fact that it seems awfully tough to play this hand without shoving although maybe not impossible...I don't think I would call, but it's probably the right play from a game theory perspective. You should be able to protect yourself against a light shove by calling with AA and the like here too and DN is way better post flop than I am so...