[shootaa]

Villain is a marginal/decent winning regular waiting at a HU table and because nobody plays 2knl anymore, I decided to attempt to start a match and he obliges me! Before this hand, he had been playing about 45/38 and 3 betting 13% at somewhat standard times with a few tricky / leveling times here and there (i.e. hand after I 3 bet and he folded or hand after I win/lose a decent sized hand). I'd been 3 betting a decent amount as well, nothing crazy. I had recently check-raised a lot of flops and he had been getting pwned in that dynamic; although that isn't extremely relevant, I think it might be a little relevant. We are also on about 4-5 other tables together with takechip and some other grinders and he seems to be holding his own there and mixing in checking hands with c-betting in good spots, so I know he's thinking and at least decent at NLHE.

As far as post-flop goes, I'd been continuation betting a good amount, almost always on boards like this one, mixed in with the occasional check back. He's seen both me checking back to give up and me checking back some top pair hands. I stacked him the hand before the hand in question and he typed something that seemed to give the impression of tilt in the chat box. Going back through the hand in my mind, I think my decision is a tad more clear than I originally though... IDK it's still a very strange spot. I'm not sure he'd even take this line with QJ or AJ, which more or less cancel each other out. Just seems like a FML spot, so please take time to say something more than "call" or "fold" if you're going to reply.


VILLAIN ($3231 in chips)
HERO ($4457 in chips)

HERO: posts small blind $10
VILLAIN : posts big blind $20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [2d As]
HERO: raises $40 to $60
VILLAIN: calls $40
*** FLOP *** [Js 5d 2h]
VILLAIN: bets $120
HERO: calls $120
*** TURN *** [Js 5d 2h] [Ah]
VILLAIN: checks
HERO: bets $280
VILLAIN: calls $280
*** RIVER *** [Js 5d 2h Ah] [Qh]
VILLAIN: checks
HERO: bets $660
VILLAIN: raises $1680 to $2340
HERO: ?