H: Young TAG image, struggling to stay even.
V: Tight middle-aged Asian man, quiet and plays few hands.
Eff. Stacks: 300 (V's stack)

H has AQ UTG and raises to 30. Folded to V on button who calls. Limpers fold.

Flop (65) A85

H leads 50. V shoves for 270. H calls.

My thinking was that with an SPR of about 4, I should commit on any A or Q. But after the hand, I started thinking about it a little deeper. This guy is quiet and tight. What's he shoving with? Surely not AJ, AT? The only draw is 76, surely he's not calling preflop and shoving with that? It's gotta be AK, 2 pair with a suited ace, or a set. I really think I should have found a fold here, despite hitting my hand. It almost seems trivial now. Do you guys agree? Or are stacks short enough that I'm committed?

You seem to be on the right track. You also don't need to c-bet so large, especially heads up and on such a dry board - if you bet $35-45 it's more likely you can get value from smaller As and 8x/pocket pairs (at least for a street). As you said it is unlikely that he spazzes out with 67 (given his description), so I would fold and move on, since you lose to a lot more than you beat.

Pretty trivial fold. The flop is super dry. Did you want to put $270 in the middle with your hand? Probably not. For some reason, villain does. This is a pretty lol fold. Normally this is a poorly played monster by most villains on this board but I might try to talk him into showing. If he shows some stupid bluffs in the future then that can change how you play him but most villains don't go nuts with a straight draw.

BTW, if this guy is a tight player then I would fold even on the wettest of boards. Tight players generally shove on flops like this because they are either overplaying AK or they have a monster and either way they are trying to "scare draws off" lol

This is a spot I struggle with at the tables but in hindsight this is nearly almost a fold. What do you beat?

Also, bet on the flop is slightly too large

Sent from my Nexus 10 using 2+2 Forums

I'm ok with the flop lead. Possibly a bit high, but that's picking nits.

The shove, though, is huge compared to the pot, and you should be able to fold this. You're getting laid 165:220, or like 0.75:1. Just way too much for only TPGK.

Would anyone's opinion change if we had AK?

Sent from my SCH-I535 using 2+2 Forums

No, we are repping AK as it is and villain is not scared.

I think so often he has ace king here so if we have ace king r we really folding? Tough decision

Not tough at all. You are calling for what you can expect is at best a chop?!?! Makes no sense.