Cheers for thoughts ...
After about 5 mins of thinking I did call ... he mucked .. I scooped a c40k pot to take me well ahead of average ... which was c28k.
My thinking on the hand was as follows:
He has roughly triple the average stack hence a pretty wide range ...
All pairs, All Aces, All broadway hands, maybe more ...
On the flop I am ahead most of the time - hence I should play weakly - with few draws on the board.
Turn is pretty brick like except for 55 or A3 - I think I just have to suffer these hands.
I still think I am ahead - hence happy to remain weak.
River is a Queen - have to say I hated this card - it makes things difficult - however his all in seems weird - could be a super value shove but with c12,400 chips to scope c27,600 in the middle it seems I am winning often enough to make the call and go for the win ...
Half the table stunned - half the table - a chorus of good call.
I thought it was a super interesting hand - it"s not the way I would have played it six months ago but I think it is the right way to play it on occasion vs a large stack ... in looking to gather your own large chip stack ...
In the recent Betfair $35k I played and came second there were a couple of hands like this on the final table where it just felt too likely that people were betting with air - in that event I was in position hence much more comfortable - and only two barrels to call but it probably made the difference between flipping at an eight seated table to cruising into the last three.
As much as I can I want to avoid seeing flipping coins as a neccessity and elect to play in interesting spots where you can make significant gains with marginal hands (vs larger stacks or more aggressive opponents - give them rope).
Thoughts on this strategy, as a variant to more ABC play? +EV?
I am still re-pondering it - might be for years??
L