PokerStars Game #27734373322: Tournament #160421254, €92.80+€7.20 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/05/02 17:15:21 CET [2009/05/02 11:15:21 ET] Table '160421254 1' 2-max
Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: RoccoGe (1510 in chips) Seat 2: tu6j (1490 in chips) RoccoGe: posts small blind 10 tu6j: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to tu6j [Tc Td] RoccoGe: raises 40 to 60 tu6j: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [5s 5c 6h] tu6j: checks RoccoGe: bets 80 tu6j: calls 80
*** TURN *** [5s 5c 6h] [Ac] tu6j: checks RoccoGe: bets 220 tu6j: calls 220
*** RIVER *** [5s 5c 6h Ac] [7c] tu6j: checks RoccoGe: bets 520 tu6j: calls 520
I flat preflop because if i 3bet he's calling me with a tight range and I won't get any value postflop but troubles. He 3x pref super wide.
So I flat and decide to rapresent a draw or a pair and try to let him think he can scare me off the hand. A is a good card for him, so he obv bets the turn, river is not the best card ever, but I don't think he's giving up a bluff, he'll probably 3barrel.
How is it?
This is really dependent on the villain. Against most I think you are better off raising preflop or on the flop, but based upon your description it sounds like you think he will triple barrel ATC that he raises preflop with (which sounds wide). If that is the case then this line is probably optimal because it is killing a somewhat random range.