Villain is a super LAG player who will call virtually anything preflop, does large bets in the dark etc. He is competent, but just loves to gamble. He's stuck 4-5k at the time of this hand and playing badly. He knows Hero is capable of playing back at him and occasionally 3 barrels. He has $900 behind.

Earlier in the night I had KK against him, raised UTG, he called then check shoved $400 a T high flop with T9 and turned a T on me.

Hero has villain covered.

Hero has Js10s in MP, villain is on button. 2 limpers, Hero limps, Villain makes it $35. (He's been doing this almost every hand and is tilting). Limpers fold, Hero calls.

Flop: Jd 8d 6c

Hero bets $65, Villain calls.

Turn: Jd 8d 6c 3c

I believe I would have gotten reraised if Villain had a flush draw or open ended, probably any J as well.

Hero bets $200, Villain tank calls.

River: Jd 8d 6c 3c 2h

I felt as if I'm good and none of these cards could have improved his hand, figured he could have an 8 or a hand like 99 at this point. I pondered what to do for a good minute or two. I decided to shove, effectively making it $600 to look like a three barrel.

Hero shoves, Villain tank calls and mucks.

Given the situation, how do you think the hand was played? I usually do not play a hand like this that strong. I may play complete air or the nuts like this, but not a mediocre hand. Long term is this +EV?

i probably check/call 3 streets, let villain hang himself
don't see what the point of betting is

Because I'd like to know where I'm at and avoid giving him free cards?

I'm not sure you can rely on the responses of a super-LAG villain on tilt to be an accurate representation of where you might be at...

With that being said, it looks like you engaged villian's bluffcatch-anything-superlight-because-Imz-on-tilt-and-not-gonna-get-bluffed-off-my-hand tendency which is certainly +EV if you can catch and ride that wave.

Let the haters hate all the want...you chose a perfectly valid alternative line to the more standard 'check + call down as they hang themselves' routine. I just think the provided reasoning isn't copacetic. Cheers.

I actually do feel like I gained some info...he was to the point of reraising-with-anything-just-try-to-hit. When I didn't get reraised I figured he had a bluff catching type hand and may have figured me on a draw that I bet and bricked all the way down.

What's your plan on AQK97D turns and/or rivers?

I think when the board runs out like this I'm happy with betting every street, but a lot of times it's a lot harder to bet for value.

I'd much rather check call the river

Seems like villain is mostly capped and holding bluff catchers. He probs bas some 2xs 2pr type stuff.

Bomb fold or jam are probs better than c/c or c/r...

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Me too.

OP, if you can get this to work against a specific villain in very specific cases, then more power to ya, but I think raising pre and x/c river is going to be better a very large % of the time.

Would you have bet the river if stacks were $1K deeper?

Ooooo that's a good question. Most likely I would have bet flop, bet turn, check call whatever he bet river.

well played.