$300 Live Buy In - 740 players in field

[a10fouru]

Looking for input everywhere on this from ranges, tournament life, bet sizing. It seemed pretty simple at the time and still does...but I've just been thinking about it.

Blinds are 75/150 no ante.
Stacks:
Hero: 19,500
Villain:9,600

Villain is an older-gambly type of guy. I believe I've seen him play $2/$5. Plays a lot of pots. Puts pressure post flop. Limps in from any position. Raises 4.5x - 6x with big hands pre.

Villain is UTG and limps. I put him on a range of small to medium suited aces, A10o-AQo, small pp's up to 7's and KTo - KQs.
Another 2 players limp.
Hero is in SB with A8 and completes.
BB checks.

Pot:750
Flop: 8TA
Hero checks. I checked because I thought betting into 4 players looked really strong and I felt like villain would bet and I would go for a check raise.

Villain bets 400 - he can have anything here...weaker aces, KT, flush draw, straight draw, combo draw.
2 folds
Hero check raises to 1,500
BB Folds
Villain instantly ships
Hero?

Just by the speed of the ship (live tell), I believe him to be squarely on a flush draw. This type of player, from my experience, tends to want to shove people off of hands with draws and would min raise a set or huge made hand.

My image at this point is a TAG..but I don't believe that plays into his decision making process at all as the shove was so quick. No results

[Hughes4]

Definitely looks like combo draw or Ax of hearts.

Small chance of a set where he just thinks jamming is the only acceptable re-raise amount.
Never folding.

[5carab]

Gambly player who we're putting on mainly draws... I'm beating him into the pot.

[Journeyman_1]

im also calling as played, but im going to lead here alot and just bet/bet/bet.

[Enzown]

If you're worried that leading out looks strong, doesn't check-raising look stronger?

[The Shiplomat]

Originally Posted by Journeyman_1

im also calling as played, but im going to lead here alot and just bet/bet/bet.

Before anybody answered this was going to be my post...then I second guessed myself on leading.

Basically because as played the decision making is a lot easier. Where as if you lead and he raises...I don't like shipping as much. I still do it but you feel a lot more stupid when he has a hand that beats us. And surely his calling range is going to beat us quite a bit... or we have a lot to fade. But most of this is coming from me already knowing he likes his hand...and we wouldn't know that.

[a10fouru]

Originally Posted by Enzown

If you're worried that leading out looks strong, doesn't check-raising look stronger?

I agree it does...But I will be 2nd to last to act and I believe he is always betting a worse hand but maybe not calling.

[a10fouru]

Thanks guys...it was basically a snap call by me...A4 for him. I was happy with the hand.

But the next day I started thinking about tournament life and doing a 60/40 so early.... I'm still satisfied with it

[Enzown]

Originally Posted by a10fouru

I agree it does...But I will be 2nd to last to act and I believe he is always betting a worse hand but maybe not calling.

Given this logic, what are people's thoughts on a check/call flop check/raise non-flush turns line?

I guess we're then quite reliant on villian firing two barrells, how about check/call then a small lead out bet on non-flush turns?

[a10fouru]

Originally Posted by Enzown

Given this logic, what are people's thoughts on a check/call flop check/raise non-flush turns line?

I guess we're then quite reliant on villian firing two barrells, how about check/call then a small lead out bet on non-flush turns?

My thought was he will call my c/r with a single paired ace. I wasn't going to be comfortable with guessing whether he had hit a better two pair on the turn...though AT was not out of his range pre-flop ( he would have bet at least a PSB if he had AT). I also thought there was a good chance he would bet at any flop as I wanted to build a pot. But I do like thinking about other options against this type of player.