2/5/10 AA in EP against good player

Lean towards mostly betting on the flop unblocking ace of diamonds. When we do check this combo we want to check raise facing a bet.

After xx flop on the turn I think our sizing is WAY too small. We're trying to challenge opponents small to mid PP and other middling pairs so I'd go somewhere in the neighborhood of 2/3-3/4pot. I'd much rather check call vs betting such a small size. Going into check call mode is definitely fine with this hand and might be my preferred line against a strong and aggressive opponent as he can value bet a lot worse and we can use this hand to bluff catch. I think bet sizings are the biggest issue in this hand which is why we end up in such a gross spot on the river. As played our hand is a clear fold facing this shove. Because we used such small sizings our opponent can very easily exploit us and it will be difficult to find enough hands to call off on the river.

If we c/r the flop, we're folding out everything we beat and helping the villain out. I would bet the flop, but that's just me. Then we can check the turn if you wanna mix things up and keep the bottom of his range in otr.

I would most likely call here since our hand is under repped, and I say most likely because if I was there I might have seen something in his read to cause me to fold, but I mostly call. If he's a great player, he knows it's gonna be hard for us to call with a m.s.h.

Very much disagree about flop xraise folding out all the hands we beat. This is live poker, we get called by most Tx if not all, plus all of the draws that are going to be happy to call IP and that is a lot of hands. More combos of those draws (even bdfd plus two overs type stuff) than sets so we're pretty happy building this pot unblocking ace high flush draw. We want to build a pot when we have maximum equity. AA is slam dunk xraise in this dynamic SRP OOP.

I would just bet the flop here. I don't want this V floating me light with a wide range. We have plenty of 99/JJ/88 that need protection on the flop. Our specific hand is a great one to c-bet here to protect the lower end of our range.

Turn is fine. I think there's a good argument to bet bigger. V's call sorta compresses his range to Tx and Adx, maybe KdX. Obviously he can have exactly 6d4d or 6h4h.

River is brick. V perhaps overvalues his Adx combos here. We block his Ah4h. I lean toward calling.

We get ~5-3 to call and I think we're just too high up in our range to fold at this price.

There's two ♦ on the flop and we don't have one. Then the FD comes in and we start betting. I can get behind the turn bet but think we fare a little better checking the river given how it's played so far.
You can induce bluffs, and also value bets from a weaker one pair since your line does not look too strong. I mean who checks a rag FD board?

I really messed this up.

It really effects the hand a lot to

The board was 1023 rainbow

Turn brought the 8d

So flush draw on turn NOT flush completing.

River 5s

That's why we should just cbet instead of going for a c/r that might get checked through.

Ah yeah that's totally different haha... I was thinking it would be a trivial fold given the board texture you originally posted.

Too fancy just bet the flop small on this board with entire range. No need to mix on this board type.

As played your hand looks very weak so I call vs a good player who knows they can pressure your extremely weak line on this board.

A lot of my comments from my earlier analysis are still valid when it comes to bet sizing. Once we arrive on the turn after xx flop my strat here is polar bet size or check to go for xraise again with AA unblocking diamonds. And as played for the river again this bet is way too small. Once we get jammed on this will be highly exploitative spot when you play live. Totally player dependent and I know that's probably not the answer you're looking for but that's just how I would approach this scenario. Blocking A4s is quite nice, but I wouldn't just flick in the call based on blockers alone in this spot. At equilibrium AA probably calling off but I think it's a reasonable assumption that basically entire pool will be underbluffing this spot heavily. Just think the main problem goes back to bet sizing because I feel like you would play your 2p+ hands with bigger sizings so AA might be the best hand we show up with here on the river in this line, which is obviously a problem if your opponents take notice.

FLOP - I prefer to get my value on earlier streets, so bet flop. You're heads up with a competent V who called a big open with positional advantage over you. Probably betting 2/3 pot, maybe more.

TURN - the 8d adds a BDFD, but doesn't complete any draws, so all we're worried about is V having 2P or sets? Bet again, at least 2/3 pot, if not 150% pot.

RIVER - Yuck! What's he repping when he jams the 5s? An inside straight draw that we block with our AA? A rivered set with 55? A turned top 2? Those are the only hands that makes sense here, when he doesn't take the betting lead on the flop or raise turn.

Our hand is seriously under-repped when we don't c-bet the flop. He might feel emboldened to bet a worse hand for value, or attempt a kamikaze bluff. When we check flop and bet turn small, V gets here with a pretty wide range. But there isn't a lot in that range that makes much sense when he takes this line.

This is either a hero call or a hero fold. If V's stack is big enough that he can shrug off a $500 punt, I'd be more inclined to call, especially if our table image is tight, and especially considering your description of V as a thin value better. He might think AT or 99 is the best hand here, when you check flop.

I dunno. This sort of move is rarely a bluff, but this V sounds capable, and if we fold AA here, as played, what hands do we have in our range that we're NOT folding? Are we ONLY calling with TT and 88?