StrugLife said:

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Game flow wise, I was 99% sure he was bluffing here. I was too intimidated 4B small and induce him to play back at me.

My question is does my 4B jam look ridiculous?

A few orbits later a prime example why i just shoved;

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Hands that dominate you make up 2.5% of the deck (after accounting for your blockers), so unless you think he WOULDN'T 3-bet some of those, then he can't be bluffing 99%. I realize this was just an offhand comment that wasn't meant to be taken literally, but I do think it illustrates a common error in playing against well-known pros. Their cards get dealt from the same deck that yours do. You don't need to change your own play radically, and you shouldn't assume that they are making moves on you constantly. Above all, you shouldn't try to figure out what they have and exploit them. Instead, you should do your best to play a balanced game. Jamming KQs probably isn't too bad here, but I'd just call, your hand plays well post-flop, especially against a wide range.

I think the second hand you posted is much a bigger spaz than the first one. I doubt you would 4bet this against an unknown, and it's definitely not part of a balanced 4betting range, so why would you think you could get away with playing an exploitably wide 4-betting range against a top-notch player? I don't think shoving the flop in that example accomplishes anything good for you either.

StrugLife said:

I find it hard to belive I'm going to outplay him postflop OOP often enough to make calling here the move.  I'm not saying I disagree with you, I'm just saying I'm not that confident of myself OOP VS a beast…

 

You don't have to outplay him when you are getting odds > your equity. You just have to not get outplayed too badly yourself. I would say that 4betting an unbalanced range is more like trying to outplay him than calling would be.