OK SO I WAS PLAYING A $33 MTT THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS AT A TABLE WITH A COUPLE OF MTT PLAYERS THAT I RESPECT. ONE OF THEM WAS A GUY NAMED BIGUNIT14. NOW BIGUNIT14 ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 18K IN WINNINGS PER SHARK-SCOPE, BUT I KNOW HE HAS PLAYED UNDER DIFFERENT SCREEN NAMES AND IS PROBABLY A VEGAS PRO. SO I RAISED EP AND HAD BEEN PLAYING PRETTY TIGHT EARLY ON OOP. SO I RAISED A4 SPADES WITH ABOUT 100BBS. I GOT FLATTED BY BIGUNIT14 IN THE SB. I MIN RAISED EP BTW. SO FLOP COMES DOWN QJ4 ONE SPADE. SO I PICKED UP A PAIR AND BACK DOOR FLUSH AND BROADWAY DRAWS. VILLIAN THEN DONK LEAD INTO ME FOR 1/3 POT. I FIGURED IT WAS A WEAK LEAD, AS HE IS ONE OF THE MORE CAPABLE PLAYERS TO READ PEOPLE AND EXPLOIT. SO I DECIDED I MIGHT HAVE THE BEST HAND, BUT I WANTED 2 IN POSITION MAINTAIN THE SIZE OF THE POT. I FIGURED THIS WAS THE TYPE OF BOARD HE WOULD FIRE THE TURN ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME. I DECIDED WHEN I CALLED THE FLOP I WAS CALLING ANY TURN AND REEVALUATE THE RIVER SINCE I WAS IN POSITION. THE TURN BROUGHT A (10) AND VILLAIN QUICKLY LEAD HALF POT. IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE HE DIDN'T LIKE THE TURN AND I WAS IN POSITION AND HAD BEEN THE PRE-FLOP RAISER SO AK WAS IN MY RANGE. I DIDN'T THINK A PLAYER OF HIS CALIBER WOULD BE LEADING LESS THAN 2PAIR+ THERE. SO I FIGURED HE FLOPPED QJ FOR FLOPPED 2PAIR. THOUGHT JJ WAS POSSIBLE AS WELL, ALTHOUGH VERY UNLIKELY. QQ WASN'T EVEN CONSIDERED. SO BACK 2 THE 10 ON THE TURN. SO HE LEADS HALF POT AND IT WAS A GREAT SPOT TO 3BET HIM IN POSITION. I FIGURED HE WOULD FOLD HIS A LOT OF HIS RANGE AND WOULD CALL 2PAIR+. SO I SET UP A RIVER SHOVE WITH A 3BET ON THE TURN. IN A $33 TOURNEY AND THE FACT THAT THE VILLAIN IS A THINKER i KNEW HE WOULD FOLD. ADDITIONALLY MTT REGS HAVE HUDS AND ACCESS TO PLAYER SHARK-SCOPE STATS ON SCREEN. SO WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE 2 HIM I FIGURED HE WOULD FOLD 2PAIR TO A RIVER OVER SHOVE. NOW I WASN'T NECESSARILY GOING 2 SHOVE THE RIVER. I WANTED 2 FEEL HIS TURN CALL CADENCE. WHEN HE CALLED I JUST FELT A RIVER OVER SHOVE WAS IN ORDER. I SHOVED THE RIVER AFTER HE CHECKED 2 ME AND I KNEW HE WOULD FOLD. I SHOVED AND HE FOLDED QQ. I HAD AUTO MUCK ON OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE SHOWED. HE STATED IT WAS OBVIOUS I HAD AK. I TOLD HIM I HAD AX OF SPADES AND FLOPPED A PAIR AND BACK DOOR DRAWS IN POSITION. HE AT FIRST LAUGHED AND SAID NO WAY. THEN I EXPLAINED HIM MY THOUGHT PROCESS AND HE CALLED ME A DICKHEAD. HE WAS SEMI-JOKING AS WE HAVE TALKED AND HAVE SOME HISTORY. THE POINT OF THIS WAS TO SHARE A COOL STORY, AND STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING FOR "SPOTS". ALSO EVALUATE THE "STORY". MY STORY MADE SENSE AS DID HIS. IF I WAS IN HIS SPOT I WOULD HAVE FOLDED AS WELL. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QQ AND ANY OTHER HAND IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT I MIGHT HAVE TRIP J'S. EITHER WAY I THINK WE BOTH PLAYED THE HAND VERY WELL. ANOTHER NOTE IS THE POWER OF POSITION. IF YOU CAN READ HANDS BEING IN POSITION 50BBS DEEP OR MORE IS A MAJOR ADVANTAGE.