This hand happened recently, and I am curious as to your thoughts.
Background: Game is dying down for the night. We are down to 5 handed (7 handed standard).
1-2 NL $300 effective with both villains.
Villain 1: (Main Villian) has driven a couple hours to play as COVID closed closer games. He is rec player who clearly wants to see a lot of flops and make make his night last long as well. Very fit/fold. Hero has been targeting his face up play to consistently win small pots as the game has dwindled.
Villain 2: Limps 60-70% and folds the bottom half of that to raises pre-flop. Tight post, fit/fold player. A reg who gets paid off because others don't recognize that he doesn't get involved without a hand.
Folds to Villain 2 in CO, who limps $2.
Hero: OTB with 2
4
Hero raises to $7
TELL: At this point, Villain 1 picks up more than calling chips. Not in an obvious way, but Hero noticed that he reached for his reds, picked up 4 and then quickly moved to a call. Hero interpreted this as a potential three bet hand. I range Villians 3-bet as JJ+, AK, AQs+, and honestly that might be too wide. Hero considers that he is either trapping with a big hand, or calling with a AJ-AK, 99-JJ kind of hand.
Villain 1 in SB calls $7
Villain 2 calls $7
Flop ($23): A
10
2
check, check, Hero checks with intention to give up as this board does not favor our continuing range against two villains, especially if my read is correct on Villain 1 having a strong hand pre.
Turn: 2
Villain 1 leads for $13
Villain 2 calls $13
Hero raises to $55
Villain 1 re-raises to $155
Villain 2 folds
Hero?
A note on preflop: Villain 2 was actually folding a high percentage to a $7 bet after his limp.
Obviously a fold pre is the standard play. Hero was attempting to exploit his position. C-betting flop seems really bad against two callers who are calling all Ax. We bink the turn as hard as we can, but a three-bet turn screams strength. Based on read, I am really concerned that 1010 or slow played AA is a possibility. However, Villian may also be overplaying a strong A; interpreting my flop check as a sign that I don't have an A.
Hero is at the top of his range in this spot. (Would have bet flop with all sets). Do we rip it in? Fold? Call and evaluate river?