Hero: $700, 89. Playing standard TAG type game. In MP.
V: $700. Sitting in seat to right of me. Played with him before. He bets to often and calls to often. Can get wild, but does have some brain cells.

V raises to $15, I call.

Flop ($33): AA4. V checks, I bet $15 just trying to win with 9 high. V calls.

Turn ($63): 4. Err, what a ****ty card for me. V now leads $25 after looking over at me like 8 times like I was Adolf Hitler in disguise. Feel like we have a few routes here. Given how bad of card that is for our hand and V's propensity to be sticky at times, folding seems like a rational and maybe optimal decision?

But I guess the reason for the post, I know this V is thinking I wouldn't bet an A on flop (although I would), and now he could be stabbing with either middling hand like low-mid pp (just one of those low live stakes spaz play bc doesn't know what to do) or something like K high. He also plays a lot of suited junk so could have a lot of different combos here. So could we quasi float here (I say quasi since flush draw could be good if hit), and fire pot on river if checked to or depending on his bet size, put in sizable raise on river? Or against this player type, do we just live to fight another day?

Thanks guys/gals for input.

Fold, give up the $30 and wait for a better spot imo.

I think that calling a raise from MP with 98s against an aggressive, sticky player is going to be a -EV move.

Where very deep though and I'm IP against a bad LAG player at $1/3. Unless there is known aggressive 3betters in later position, I think this is a slam dunk +EV preflop call IMO.

Calling preflop unless active 3 bettor behind us.

Flop is whatever. Vs sticky opponent I likely fire. Hoping to get 2 streets and realize my equity.

Turn sucks balls. Low fold equity + low equity makes for easy fold.

Gonna crush guys who check flops, and lead turns in spots like these. Our range is full of hands that can continue. But this isn't one of them.

Hand becomes more interesting with Kc in our hand. At which point I likely make call.

I feel like alarm bells should be going off when he checks an AA4 flop as pfr. I'd probably check behind here and try and get there cheaply.

Pre is meh but not terrible.

Flop is an easy check, he is never x/f'ing here and he could have you dead with flopped house, quads and easily be trapping. Even if he has 1010-KK he definitely is never folding to 1 barrel and probably not a good amount vs 2 barrels either.

Turn is pretty ez give up

You don't need to win every pot. That's a really bad mentality to have and it's a big leak.