Hey all, been reading here for a while and now deciding to mingle in the conversations here.

I'm about 5th/18 in this tourney. 12 are paid. Not alot of info on Villian except he's Big stack and likes to 3 bet. No ones called his 3 bets since I've been at the table with him. Only showdown I've seen he called an all in with TT. My table image is solid (if he's watching) I've only shown down the best hands so far this tourney.

PokerStars Game #24074827477: Tournament #135133093, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (150/300) - 2009/01/19 19:26:34 ET
Table '135133093 9' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: jennex37 (9460 in chips)
Seat 2: pinksky29 (6140 in chips)
Seat 3: franckpop (6735 in chips)
Seat 5: bahlgren342 (14845 in chips)
Seat 7: Ozzi_MUFC (38678 in chips)
Seat 8: Nessie11de (14205 in chips)
Seat 9: dukumm (4960 in chips)
jennex37: posts the ante 40
pinksky29: posts the ante 40
franckpop: posts the ante 40
bahlgren342: posts the ante 40
Ozzi_MUFC: posts the ante 40
Nessie11de: posts the ante 40
dukumm: posts the ante 40
Nessie11de: posts small blind 150
dukumm: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bahlgren342 [Ks Qc]
jennex37: folds
pinksky29: folds
franckpop: calls 300
bahlgren342: raises 500 to 800
Ozzi_MUFC: raises 2200 to 3000

Push? Live to fight?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 150/300 Blinds 40 Ante (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t9460)
MP1 (t6140)
MP2 (t6735)
Hero (CO) (t14845)
Button (t38678)
SB (t14205)
BB (t4960)

Hero's M: 20.34

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, Q
2 folds, MP2 calls t300, Hero raises to t800, Button raises to t3000

Total pot: t2630

I'd say fold. If he has a weak ace you are a dog. If he has a pair you are a dog. You have the second biggest stack at the table, why go to battle with the big stack with this hand? I'm not saying let him do this to you all night, but now isn't the time.

This.

Plus I am guessing this is one of the new 90-man SnGs? If so I limp this all day. The structure in these are sweet and I like to keep the pots small, wait till I make a hand, then watch people spew off to me.

This is precisely what I've been doing. I played 3 in the past 2 days. (I would play more but I do alot of other things besides poker). I got 2nd, 5th and busted on a cooler. I played small pots and out played post flop.

The begining-middle structures are awesome. But when it gets real late/bubble they seem to raise a little drastically.

Limp pf or raise more, to about 1200. Easy fold to the 3-bet.

What do we think his range is here for 3betting?

Of that range, what calls a shove?

I think this might be closer than you guys are making it out to be. I'm kind of curious.

At this point it was unknown. Later on I found it to be a solid range depending on the player. I saw him do it with AK, AA, TT, later in the tournaments, but those were the only ones ended up being called by an opponent later on. He did 3-bet rather often so he couldn't have had the best hands everytime!

the raise is fine, but shoving 50 bb's with KQ is just a bad play imo, when the best u can hope for is JJ or AJ.

No, I like the OP's PFR bet-sizing. Raising more is just hemorrhaging chips. Fold to the 3-bet.

We've debated this extensively before (though the context was somewhat different), but shoving with KQo when you're not desperate just doesn't make sense to me. It's just not a very strong hand--and it's easily dominated by two common high card hands: AK and AQ. If you're up against a pair, you'll be flipping as long as the pair is not QQ+.

Given stacks, shoving is a bit drastic with KQo, even if villain is loosely 3betting pre. Any Ace or pair has us beat before the flop. I'd shove him back with AT or a small pair before I'd 4bet him with KQ... not that I'd necessarily play back at him here.

As for the initial raise size, it's fine if you're building a pot for value. It's not if you're trying to punish the limper and blinds or dissuade callers behind, because it's too easy a call given the pot size.

I had a sense I was a better player than him so I wanted him in my pots to play him post flop. Which I did. I ended up taking about half his stack later. Which then I lost most to someone at the final table.

For the situation, I did fold after some small thought. I realized I didn't have enough information on him yet to replay back. After seeing him showdown AK, TT, AA later after 3 betting, I am glad I didn't play back.

Really? You usually raise 2.66x when there's a limper in front? That's just bloating the pot and not defining your hand or not taking control of the pot imo. All I'm saying is that if we DO raise w/ KQo here, 800 is hardly enough. Hands like Ax and suited connectors will call your 500 chip raise all day and twice on sunday because of the odds you're giving. Knowing there is an EP limper might make other players behind you inclined to call lighter, assuming the pot will get bigger when he closes the action.

Yeah....this seems to be an easy fold. What are you beating here?

Can someone explain this whole idea to me.

I can see trying to define Villains hand, but why exactly are we trying to define ours?

Everyone plays differently. Small 2-3bb raises suit me better than 4-5 bb raises, but I'll usually re-raise AA-KK in tournament play. I like playing smaller pots and playing post-flop poker. I'll make the same raises with any hand. Not sure why I made it 2.66x that time, must've screwed up my math lol.

Also, most limpers were folding to any raise at this table except for the Villian in this hand. Probably should have stated that before the disagreements came about.