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Originally Posted by Jman28
...I think an ace bets the river too almost all the time...
I disagree on this, so if you could explain your reasoning for this assumption it would be great.
I think A-high is a big part of his c/calling range on the flop, so if he bets it on the river he is turning his hand face up and not giving you the chance to bluff or value bet worse.
What would be his range for leading the river? It's 99% top pair and very hard to balance with enough bluffs to expect a call.
What would you do if he led the river? I think fold, based on the above.
Also, I think you would vbet the turn with AT-AK (and maybe weaker aces), specially with 2 fds that you could be barreling with, so it's very hard for you to have an ace. For the same reason I think you would never slowplay a 9, and probably not a FH either. I also think that you would check behind a reasonable amount of your ace-high hands on the flop.
With this said, I think he would be correct to c/r the river for value with top pair (or at least with AT and A8). I disagree with his willingness to lead top pair and I think you rarely have him beat, except if you had 77.