preflop, defending the 3 bet CO vs SB wih AQs w/o info is standard for me.

i dont like to raise the flop. i understand you want to charge draws but he already bet out and there aint many draws in his range and you have position.

the sizing of your raise now i really hate. you say you wanna chagr draws but you give villain golden odds to continue with draws. no sure what that raise really accomplish.

now, my goal in this situation would be to extract value from Ax, 99-TT-JJ-QQ and allow my opponent to bluff and semi bluff, while at the same time keeping the pot small and making my life easy by the river.

Calling flop and ch/call turn, bet if checked to or call river would be my preferred line here.

As played, the river is a tough one. is he bluffing a missed draw? value betting Ax or better? if it wasnt for the raise OTF, i would call here no questions asked.

my problem is that if we put ourselves in villain's shoes, you called his 3 bet and raised him OTF, then checked back turn, so if we are villain we think you have a SDV hand with which you plan to call down.

in that context, again in villain s shoes, when we choose to bet half pot by the river, our range will be more heavily weighted toward value then bluff imo.

ShreddieNut, based on the hands you've posted here it seems to me that you raise too much in spots where calling is better. This is something you should look into. Could be a big leak.

Your line doesnt accomplish much. You raise for value otf and then try to bluffcatch. Better just call down or raise and jam the turn.