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Its the Saturday $22 6max.
i didnt think he would fire on river as he had ckd back river previously. he was russian played solid and had not spazzed in any way. do i just call turn and lead river for value or will c/r realize more value.

Poker Stars $20+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 6 players - View hand 1797353
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UTG: t3060 76.50 BBs
MP: t4930 123.25 BBs
CO: t4320 108 BBs
BTN: t2940 73.50 BBs
SB: t4595 114.88 BBs
Hero (BB): t7295 182.38 BBs

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is BB with 8 K
1 fold, MP raises to t100, 1 fold, BTN calls t100, 1 fold, Hero calls t60

Flop: (t320) 8 Q 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets t155, BTN calls t155, Hero calls t155

Turn: (t785) 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets t245, BTN folds, Hero ?,

1st post so hope its all ok

I would have folded preflop.

As played I would try for the c/r on the turn and in this case after the small MP bet I would keep it small and raise to about 600.

I don't mind the preflop call as we are receiving great pot odds. However calling on the flop with middle pair doesn't make much sense. Following your reads I would have to assign MP a strong range. Probably KQ AQ or QQ+. We are getting 4 to 1 pot odds but we only have six outs to improve. With implied odds its close but not really that great. This would be a spot where I would consider a turn jam. It would look like a pot steal attempt and with my style of play I can often stack an opponent who is tired of my aggression.

fold pre ainec OOP, mutliway, with K weak kicker seems like a losing play ev wise

check raising or leading this turn is fine. i think i prefer to lead

I agree with the fold pre, this call pre is -ev. Deffo stuff that i dont do without beer and blunt.

The flop call with middle pair was based on the weak cbet really. I will be good a certain number of times ,

That logic doesn't make sense, do you likely get to realize your equity? What kind of range you think he Cbets multiway?

That logic doesn't make sense, do you likely get to realize your equity? What kind of range you think he Cbets multiway?

I agree, I think the flop is a fold against reasonable players and MP "had not spazzed in any way" so it would be difficult to get enough value even with all with big stacks behind. On the flop AQ and KQ are quite likely (and some amount of c-bet air hands) but the KQ does reduce your outs and playing against 2 others from OOP makes it harder with just a weakish middle pair to survive as best to the showdown. I don't think it is terrible to peal one extra but even hitting a K wouldn't fill me with confidence so it is difficult to extract enough to compensate.