$5.5 NL HE MTT: How to (not) play top pair 80BB deep

One of the classic theorems in poker is the Baluga Theorem, which state:

"If you are heads-up and face a raise on the turn, you must re-evaluate the strength of your one-pair hand."

This theorem is from the early days on online poker and mostly refer to cash games, where stacks are often around 100BB deep. In this situation four bets are usually needed to get stacks inside in a single raised pot. And for that reason players, who called preflop and called on the flop, will normally just call again on the turn, unless they have a hand, they want to stack off with, which will typically be at least two pair.

So if you raised preflop, bet the flop, bet the turn, and now get raised, you should strongly consider to lay down your one pair hand. If not already on the turn then at least on the river, if the opponent follow up with a jam. This hand from a $5.5 "big" MTT on PokerStars is a classic example, and luckily for me my opponent either did not know or decided to not follow the Baluga Theorem