$400 NLHE Full Ring: KK OOP vs loose villain on ace paired board

Hi guys I played an interesting hand yesterday at a 2/5 NL table and would like some feedback on the way I approached the hand.

Starting stacks:

Hero: $700
Villain: $560

UTG+2 limps. Hero in MP opens to $30. Villain calls on the BTN. The blinds and the limper fold.

The flop comes: A:spade: 9:spade: A:club: $67 in pot

Hero bets $35. Villain calls.

The turn brings a 2:diamond: $137 in pot

Hero bets $70. Villain calls.

The river brings an 8:heart: $277 in pot

Hero checks. Villain bets $225. Hero????

Villain is very loose. He limp calls a ton, raises on some occasions, and heavily chases draws. He bluffs/value bets worse hands often as well. Against such a player, the river bet indicated busted draws + combo draws 9x of spades, TT, JJ, and maybe QQ. Villain will have Ax some of the time but I believe not as often as the hand types mentioned above.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

why would villain be betting TT-QQ on the river? for value? to specifically bluff your exact hand?

seems unlikely to me.

if you think he has more combos you're ahead vs behind it's an easy call of course. (break-even only requires being good 31%). but i think there might be some flaws in how you're thinking about his range.

the_wonk said:

why would villain be betting TT-QQ on the river? for value? to specifically bluff your exact hand?

seems unlikely to me.

if you think he has more combos you're ahead vs behind it's an easy call of course. (break-even only requires being good 31%). but i think there might be some flaws in how you're thinking about his range.

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He has made value bets with worse hands in the past so it wouldn't be a surprise for him to showdown TT-QQ.

I think you are beaten here.

When the villain called the flop, its a starting sign. It adds up when he called you again.

Hes probably got an ace here, do you really think this passive fish is flatting TT+ pre flop? Is he planning to set mine, and if he is why does he call (not raise) two streets IP, on an ace paired board. If he had an under pair, he would raise flop/turn i think...

Cant comment without specific read on player, I figure youre beaten here more often than not..

Fold, he has an ace. You should probably check the flop. One bet is okay, but then you should definitely check the turn. Given that he called the turn there is little chance he doesn't have an ace and you should fold the river.

Against a loose aggressive player I think check/calling all the way down is better than betting two streets and then calling. Good for pot control and you'll get more value from bluffs.

check flop , control pot size.
Sounds like villain is spewy. Villain loves to chase draws and has not shown any real strength in hand until you check, at witch point decides to fire?

Im not shore if im buying his story. I think you hear from him before the river if he has an A , the way this got played im calling .

Relooking at this, checking the flop, with the intention of checkraising, is probably going to be cheaper. When in doubt, think What Would Iggy Azalea do, and just get fancy.

Against such a villain if you choose to take this line of action post flop then checking on the river is not the best option. I'd rather bet again and fold to a raise on the river. Calling the river bet is not a good idea.

That being said you should have considered slowing down earlier post flop as others have said. As played fold river. :slug: