$Freeroll NLHE MTT Rebuy: Ace high river call

Blinds 125/250 ante 25.
The villain in this hand has done some really stupid things like randomly open jam and definitely was overbluffing and I have seen him show up to the river with some random hands
Everyone folds to the CO

Villain CO (18276)
Button (7275)
SB (14,980)
Hero BB (12,184) - AdTh

Preflop
CO limps, Button limps, SB folds, Hero raises to 1000, CO calls, button folds.

Flop (2575) Jd9c2c
Hero checks, CO bets 1288, hero calls.

Turn (5151) Jd9c2c5c
Hero checks, CO bets 2751, hero calls.

River (10,653) Jd9c2c5cJh
Hero checks, CO bets 3551, hero calls.

Thinking:
Preflop: I know this limp from villain is very weak because he has shown the propensity to just open jam his stronger holdings. It also looks like button wants to see a flop so I elect to raise for value with what is likely to be the best hand and to take initiative in the pot.

Flop: I elect to check because we have some showdown value with ace high because villains range is probably around 80% of his hands. He also has been known to bluff really random hands so I feel like we have enough equity to play a turn.

Turn: Villain bets again which I thought either meant he had a flush or nothing. If he had a pair I feel like he would check back the turn based on his previous play style. With that being said I feel like he is still barreling the turn and using this club as a scare card. He could have also picked up equity with a flush draw. I also thought If I call turn he will check back all his showdown value hands on the river, and bet all his bluffs and flushes.

River: The jack comes in and I think this is a good card for me. He is unlikely to have top pair because the amount of combos of hands with a jack in them go way down with two on the board. I also block JT by having a ten in my hand. Im getting a little better than 4 to 1 so I only need to be right around 20% of the time on the river so I put in the call. His sizing throughout the hand (1/2 pot, 1/2 pot, a little bigger than 1/3 pot) also felt very bluffy

As played I think I would have folded the turn just too many hands out there ahead of A10.

Isolation preflop is good to get rid of the button for a cheap ride.
Would have cbet flop or even check raised I don't like not knowing where I am against a villain that is very likely to bluff later streets especially with marginal holding (at best) we have .
The bet sizing screams value not bluff in my opinion.

By your description the villain could have anything, so the only thing you can beat is a bluff. If your wrong it cost you over 8500 in chips or about 2/3 of your stack. Not worth it imo. Unless you tried a move and raised in there somewhere, just check-calling all the way down has to much negative. He has too many cards that beat you when you check-call 2/3 of your stack. Unless you won the hand?!?!?! LOL, good luck.

When you face 2 barrels you really have to question how strong your hand is.. its only A high.

in this hand you should either bluff or fold. villain might have a small pair or even a hand like a2 or a5 so calling here shows weakness and its very risky as well, you only have an ace high and even though villain might be bluffing, you havent hit anything on the flop not even a straight or flush draw, so in this case i would just fold the hand and wait for a better spot to risk my stack. bluffing after the flop would be acceptable however calling isnt a good choice in this hand.

i agree with what you have said i would have done the same thing

joeisi said:

As played I think I would have folded the turn just too many hands out there ahead of A10.

Isolation preflop is good to get rid of the button for a cheap ride.
Would have cbet flop or even check raised I don't like not knowing where I am against a villain that is very likely to bluff later streets especially with marginal holding (at best) we have .
The bet sizing screams value not bluff in my opinion.

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Let's start from the point that this tournament is a freeroll and you have very strong observation on the player. Seems he don't like to lose hands and is trying to scare everyone with his big stack. Your check on the flop is the perfect invitation for him to start with the bluff. If he connected with 9, or 2 then it's bad for you. I would never play like that on another level tournament. Your 4-bet preflop is not so good against loose table chip leader.

Maybe another raise on the flop could give you more info about the hands of your opponent. You showed power preflop, but gave the initiative on the flop and maybe here is the decisive point of the hand.

Yeah I won. He showed up with 74dd

I think if you have decided that he has more bluffs than actual value hands, then check calling all three streets is painful but I suppose either commit to all three streets or none at all. The J on the river only makes it more likely that he missed.