Preflop
Standard open, but with stacks this deep you can go a bit larger like 3BB or even more. In this early phase of the tournament we are basically playing like in a cash game, but there is an ante, and a 2,5BB open raise is giving people absolutely fantastic
odds to call us. Opening to 2,5BB is not bad, but I dont think, its optimal.
Flop
Betting here is fine, but out of position you can also mix in some checks with a good but not great hand like this. Basically allow him to bluff at it rather than going for value.
Turn
I would definitely check now. Maybe its not to likely, he has a K, but the K apply pressure to hands like 44-JJ, which is basically, what you can get value from by betting. You dont even beat hands like QT or Q9 now, because your kicker is counterfeited. Out of position we need to do way more checking than in position, and this hand is simply way to in between to go bet flop, bet turn. By betting again you also expose yourself to potentially getting raised, which your hand is clearly not strong enough to handle.
River
Now there is really no reason at all to bet. All hands worse than yours will either fold or raise as a bluff, and all better hands will call. Maybe you can get him to fold a Q, which you chop with, but your hand still has some showdown value, and it makes absolutely no sense to turn it into a bluff. Both flushdraws missed, so this is a fantastic spot to check to him, let him bluff and then snap off that bluff. Or in some cases even check-fold, if for instance he choose a very large sizing, and you think, he is not
bluffing often enough.
