I’m posting this to hear what you all think of V1’s and V2’s line. No reads yet. Still pretty new to the table.

Here was my thinking and why I stayed in to the river.

On the flop
1. V1 makes a min bet which could mean anything, but I felt based on board texture that it was likely a draw or a 4
2. I call because of this, to see what V2 does and because I have an over and backdoor straight and flush draws and a min raise is a lot like a check in my book.
3. v2 raises to about 1/3 pot but it is also 3x the first raise and at these stakes the 3x may seem like a large raise to v2 rather than a small raise by pot-standards. V1 calls making my theory that he has a draw or 4 stronger. I call because I’m only paying 300 more in to a pot of 1837.

On the turn
1. V1 min bets again, making me think he has a flush and is trying to be trick about it.
2. Even so, I hit my Ace and it is cheap, so I call
3. V2 takes the same line but this time it is a more clear ~2/3 pot bet (just under).
4. This is where I start to get confused, but I call paying 600 in to a about ~4200. V2’s line kind of seems like he got there depending on how he is thinking about V1’s action. I mean, V2 raises in to what I think looks like a fish hoping to hit a flush draw.

On the river
1. V1 min raises again even though he was re-raised 2 times. I’m thinking that V1 is hoping to get raised for a 3rd time so he can jam.
2. I call hoping that V2 was bluffing the turn, thinks as I do that this looks trappy and just calls behind so I can see what the hell is going on here and maybe win with my pair of As 
3. V2 shoves and V1 folds. At this point it is a pretty easy fold for me.

I can’t imagine what V1 has, except for maybe a 4 that he tried to slow play for too long, or a weak K, and caught a bad turn. I have a very hard time believing that he wouldn’t have re-raised the flop though considering I was in the hand as well and getting a great price to call with any draws.

V2 makes a lot of sense as a flush with his sizing, but this was early in a large tourney and all sorts of weird stuff happens. His flop bet could have been strong in his mind (3x bigger than the last bet) if he is just clicking buttons. If he knew what he was doing he could have been building a pot with a draw, but the board is paired, so not sure how much credit I can give V2 either way.

I suppose V2 could have flopped a boat and was picking a really good max-value line if he thought one of us was on a flush draw. Note his SPR on the river. If he was really aiming for this, including a smallish flop bet that allowed draws to stick around, then it implies he was thinking about all 3 streets from the flop. Which would be impressive in my opinion.

Any thoughts on all of this?