5/10 Borgata

Hero has been extremely card dead, and the table have a few LAGs who are not afraid to put pressure in good spots for them to do so, so I have been folding tons and have a pretty nitty image. I have around 2.9k to start the hand.

V1 has around 1.8k. He is pretty loose and ran a no-equity bluff against a station a few hands ago on a scary board but checked a river blank IP and gave up.

V2 covers and is probably the laggiest player at the table. He is good and picks his spots postflop; he plays extremely straightforwardly in multiway pots but 3bets a ton preflop in position to isolate and is extremely aggressive in heads-up pots, often firing three barrels with air. He's relatively irrelevant to this hand but I include his description just for completeness.

Preflop: I open AQ (offsuit) from UTG to 40, V1 calls from the BTN, and V2 calls from the BB.

Flop (125): A (offsuit) Q5
I lead 85, V1 snap raises to 225, V2 folds and I call.

Turn (575): T
I check, V1 announces 400 and I beat him into the pot with a call.

River (1375): K (offsuit)
I check, V1 snap ships for around 1.1k. I fold face up (probably a mistake).

Thoughts? Flop would likely be a b/3b at 100bb deep (what beats me, 55?) but at 180bb deep I wanted to c/shove most non-diamond turns. Turn I can never fold with a ton of equity (NFD, boat outs) - I could ship although the only benefit is to prevent myself from getting bluffed on the river (for a lot more chips) since he's never folding better and rarely calling worse given my image. By the river he reps only flushes and I don't believe he would fold a flush if I open ship with the nut blocker.

I like that you folded face up.

I get the reasoning for the no b/3b on flop at 180bb with your plan for the turn, but against this specific loose opponent who just lost a hand to a station, I'd make a small 3b (maybe even a click) to see if he'd spew. I don't think he'd fold--at worst, he might just call and then you can still check(feigning weakness)/shove a non-diamond turn. He would be even more likely to call, feeling priced in with many of his possible hands.

As played, seems fine, albeit unpleasant.

Don't get fancy OOP, just 3bet and get it in on the flop.

Notes:

-see title change
-unless he's a complete maniac or views you as a complete nit, it was prob a good fold (long-term)
-I don't hate showing big folds as much as everyone else, as long as you think you can use the info (everyone knowing you played that hand passively and made a big fold) better than everyone else/you will not go on tilt if he shows you a bluff and he might implode if it's revealed that he had you coolered and didn't get paid
-if you bet flop, you have to 3-bet
-did you entertain the idea of checking flop against these bluffy/aggro villains with your nitty image after you flopped the world/aren't they both just folding to your c-bet a ton here?

This. No one ever believes the b/3b line OTF, myself included.

Not even against a UTG nit (no offense, OP)?

Thanks for comments and advice.

b/3b from UTG looks extremely strong on that board given my perceived range, and I think it's relatively rare in the game for anyone to continue vs that line unless it's a cooler. Having the nut diamond significantly reduces his continuation combos as well, but if he wanted to FPS his stack off I probably should have induced him to do it.

I always tell myself never to FPS OOP, but I seem to have forgotten my advice in this hand I was just thinking how awkward stacks would be OOP if he flatted and a bad turn card hit, although I probably should have expected him to shove or fold.

Good call on possibly checking here, my checking range on this board as PFR does include my hand, especially if I opened from MP or LP, but I usually bet this board with my entire UTG range given how strong it hits.

fwiw I'm always getting told that I'm a nit (since I play very similarly to my 14/12 FR online self, but with several live-based adjustments) but my net non-SD winnings have always been pretty high, since live players love to call one and fold to a second barrel; I guess I use my image well.

This totally depends on villain and what lvl he is on.

But given action/reads I call fairllllllllly quickly. I just dont think he can have sets given action unless he's reallllly good and thinks you can never have flushes here.

Maybe if its a SNIT, but I've been traumatized by euro lags 3betting me on A high flops with bottom pair/gutshots/complete air.

That's a whole different beast than hero (as he described himself) in this hand. What are you raising with against them? And why?

I'm bluffing obv. Or I have a set/two pair and they insta fold when I jam.

Although I do think I have a point. Even the OP in this thread chose the stack a donk line instead of 3bet OTF.

I actually like your reasoning here, but you still have to play this faster OOP.