$5 NLHE 6-max: Bad Beat? or bad play?

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poker stars $5.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 2474421
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CO: $5.38 - VPIP: 38, PFR: 35, 3B: 0, AF: 0.6, Hands: 26
BTN: $5.64 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, hands: 26
Hero (SB): $8.46 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 19, 3B: 6, AF: 2.7, Hands: 4628
BB: $7.52 - VPIP: 58, PFR: 12, 3B: 9, AF: 1.0, Hands: 26
UTG: $3.63 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 26

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with A <font color='red'>♥</font> A <font color='black'>♠</font>
1 fold, CO raises to $0.15, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.45, 1 fold, CO calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.95) 8 <font color='black'>♠</font> 4 <font color='black'>♣</font> 7 <font color='black'>♣</font> (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, CO calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.35) J <font color='red'>♦</font> (2 players)
Hero bets $1.70, CO calls $1.70

River: ($5.75) T <font color='red'>♦</font> (2 players)
Hero bets $5.50, CO calls $2.53 all in
 
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So I assume he had a 9 for the straight.

Overvaluing a pair of Aces is an easy mistake and it often leads to just betting each street regardless. Id say you played it ok up to the turn, at which point he either has a set, two pair or is drawing. Two pair is unlikely as he really wouldn't have called pre with two of those cards so its really a set or drawing. I think this one is a bit of a matter of opinion but what I would have done is bet 1/2 pot on the turn, still giving terrible odds for a draw so he may fold, but probably will call. And a set will likely raise as there is a flush and straight draw on the board at that stage that he will try to knock off. This will give you a better idea of what he has meaning you can river bet a missed draw or against a set try to keep it small on the river or fold.
 
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check fold river

I would have check folded the river unless he bets tiny on the river. I would still fire on the turn as we need to get value out of our hand as we will be good here most of the times since it is heads up. However the river card is pretty gross and that is where a lot of hands will beat us so going all in on the river was wrong move in my mind. Aces is just a pair on the river and the board does not look good for a pair. So check.
 
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Raise more pre flop when you are OOP, making a 6BB 3-bet OOP is not a good habit in my opinion as it makes it too easy for other's to set mine you. I would say around 9-10 BB raise is what you should do.

Anyways as played you did fine on the flop and turn but you really need to check that river. If he has a set or 2 pair he is probably checking as well.
 
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I wasn't paying a ton of attention to your hand, but you are calling too much preflop.

your VPIP is 26 and your PFR is 19. You need to be calling/limping less preflop. Get yourself to like a 22/19 or so and really clamp down on those calls.

I guess in regards to the hand, this guy could be calling with anything. I think that river bet might be too big for him to call unless he is beating you.

On the flop your bet is fine, your looking for value. If this guy is fit or fold, then you are probably okay to bet away here for value.

On the turn - you need to consider that with an Overpair you are likely only going to get 2 streets of value, I think you can check the turn here and be pretty happy - or you can do a 1/2 pot size bet, try to keep control of that pot and don't over commit yourself.

On the river - you can check here if you bet the turn, or (if you have maintained some pot control) and the pot is only like $4 then you could bet another $1 and get value from a bunch of hands you beat. If you get raised on the river, then you just fold and realize that AA was no good there. But on that river as played you have kind of committed yourself, but also are just not going to be called that often by a worse hand. I mean does a pair of 8's call that big bet? No, probably not. Does a J (I would be surprised to see a J here)? No, I don't think it does. So you have relegated yourself to playing against only the best hands in his range - he only gets to this river with a strong hand, based off of what you have done.

As played x/f this river.

Really consider not just your hand, but what hands your opponent could have that make all these calls. Not just hands that beat you, but what legitimately makes sense. You have almost turned your AA into a bluff on the river - which is almost always going to get called by the hands that made it there.
 
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By the time you get to the river, what's his range? How much of it will he call with that you beat? How much will he fold that beats you given the pot odds he's getting? If he happened to get to this far with either a draw that just missed or one pair, how likely is he to bluff-shove if you check? And can you call even getting over 3:1?

When I consider these questions, it seems likely that check-folding the river is better than betting.
 
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