Hero has been playing TAG whole session... been at table for 4 hours, Villain has been on table for 3 hours, has also been playing TAG, haven't seen him get out of line. Table has been loose passive most of the night, a lot of limped pots. Overall easy table, only player I don't want to get into a pot with is Villain who is pretty solid, who has hero called with Ace high against a missed flush/straight board and was right. Effective stacks are $300

Hero is in the BB with AA

Villain limps UTG+2, CO limps, Button Limps. I raise to $15. Villain calls, Button Calls.

Flop: 248

Hero bets $30, Villain Calls, Button Calls.

Turn 10 ($136)

Hero Bets $85, Villain Calls

River A ($306)

Hero checks, Villain goes all-in... my remaining $170 to call

Hero?

Don't forget we have A here

edit: Villain is young Asian male, early 20's

snap

Snappy dap dap, poo he had a flush

snap fold.

j/k.

snap call. I expect to drag the pot almost always. No one slowplays a non-nut flush on 2 streets. If he did, reload.

Top set OTR is kind of a misleading thread title. It should be called face-up overpair out of position on a monochrome board against somebody we ostensibly don't want to play a big pot with. You have to call because of all the bluffs you put into his range by building a pot and then begging him to take it away. What was your plan for the river when he flatted the turn?

Building a big pot OOP with one pair is different when it is AA on a super low monochrome board with nut outs. Are you suggesting hero should have controlled the pot?

why didnt we valuebet the river here. im guessing u called and he had a flush but thats playing the results. villain could have smaller sets all two pair combos. 99 JJ. you lose a lot of value checking

what the **** are you talking about

The way the hand was played i would snap call.

Bet river

check the river for max value because of your read on asian's (will always bluff when they can't win). obv snap call though ldo

i checked river because i figured villain would check behind if he missed his draw, i doubt he would call turn with a lone K unless he planned to bluff river if no club came...

obviously i have the nut draw, so that rules out him having the nut flush or pairing the Ace with a missed NFD.... villains that usually go all in have the nuts or are bluffing imo... so my thought process on the river was he put me on exactly what i had, overpair with the club and put me in a tough decision... either he missed clubs or he has clubs

also, why would he slowplay a flush OTT? wouldn't most villains raise the turn with a flush? another club would kill his action if he did have the flush, so it felt like a bluff... but given villains image... didn't seem like a spot he would all in bluff river

i doubt villain would take this line with a set either...

more thoughts?

if he had a flush pretty much any flush including the Kcxc flush he played it poorly and got lucky that you hit a hand that could pay. i agree that most players will be raising their flush by the turn at least. hands not that difficult just unfortunate if you lost

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You say villian is playing TAG and hasn't gotten out of line. While that's not the greatest read, it's enough to tell us something about is UTG+2 limping range, which IMO is mostly small pairs, and some suited connectors. What hands have you seen him limp in EP?

I'd say 95+% of the 1/2 playing population would raise a flopped flush somewhere along the way, and he has all lower sets in his range, with 10s heavily discounted due to his limp, so not only would I call this, I would have shoved the river myself since we only have a little over a half PSB left and I think his range is more flopped sets than flushes. Plus, you said he can hero call, so give him a chance to be a hero.

Nice betsizing on flop and turn but please shove river, as played cawl.

i'm leaning towards suited connectors for a flopped flush... i don't think he would all in bluff...

but it also looks more like a small pair looking to set mine vs a bigger pair since he called 15 PF

i also think he put me on exactly the hand that i have... overpair with the nut draw