I have played with this opponent in the last couple sessions. Seems like a pretty nice guy, but he LOVES getting involved with any kind of pot. Folding for him is rarity and he will raise at will with the nuts or with complete air.
He just recently doubled up through an opponent calling an open raise of $30 with 42o and flopped two pair.
Given this player type and board texture, I would think I am smashing this board more often than not thus the $25 bet. The check raise is a bit strange, but never folding for that price or against this guy in particular.
Should I be firing on the turn or just trying to reassess on the river? I think the timid side of my game immediately put him on some random two pair combo given his line on the flop, so I just immediately checked. Definitely a leak in my game where I can't let the size of the pot dictate actions that need to be made on any given street.
However, as played on the river he checks and now what is the best line here?
I like the check on the turn. V raised you on the flop, you want to keep this pot manageable.
If V made a flush, I would assume that he would bet the river, since there is no reason for him to believe that Hero would bet it for him. Also, you hold the As, so V didn't have the NFD on the flop. If V had a set or KJ, he would definitely bet the turn, so I have V on a king or a missed straight draw. I would bet $90 on the river for value and fold to a raise.
Against this sort of villain it really depends on his betting patterns. How often is he going to bluff raise you on the river? For most such players that the turn checked around will effect his play on the river.
Against some that won't bluff raise the river after you call flop and there isn't action on the turn then a bet on the river is good and fold if he raises. Against others that have no real value after checking turn and river but will still bluff raise if you bet then betting and calling is good. The dangerous ones are the ones in the middle that have a few bluff raises and a few checked value hands. In those cases you will want to check behind on the river to avoid being raised. Given your description I think betting $90 and planning to call a raise is probably best.
As for your line in general, it looks fine but you should be betting turn sometimes. You don't want to fall into the trap of letting the aggressive villains set the pace. You do only have one pair though and don't want to build a huge pot or face a turn raise either. This is the sort of deep play situation where you don't want to have one line of play unless villain is highly predictable.
Don't just immediately go into showdown mode when you get raised. AA is a very strong hand on unpaired disconnected, non-monotone flop textures. The flop raise isn't so polar that it only reps hands that can beat AA. He can have worse value.
I kinda like a turn overbet. Pretty much all of his strong value hands should continue betting a total brick.
I think $110 is slightly too big, but definitely not checking.
A x/r flop, x turn is frequently a bluff or draw on a wet board. It is a common play dating back to limit poker days. Betting is the best play on the turn, but checking is not horrendous, just weak tight. Anything that beats us (and some that we beat) isn't going to give a free card.
The river is a clear check behind. The FD gets there. Since we have the villain on air or a draw, he's either folding to any bet or beats us. An old Sklansky rule is that you don't bet the river for value unless you are a 55% favorite against the villain's calling range. The reasoning is that if the villain folds to the bet, you likely would have beat them anyway at show down. So you risk money without possible gain.
