UTG straddle £2
UTG +1 limps £2 ( Huge whale ) ( £150 )
fold
fold
fold
HERO button, A5ss I raise to £10 ( £220 )
SB fold
BB VILLAIN 3 bets to £34
UTG folds
UTG + 1 VILLAIN calls
HERO calls.

* first time playing with villain, but I have been told he is quite good - only two hours into the session and he seems good. Nothing to really note in terms of confirming he is very good or not. Doesnt seem to make many mistakes*

Whale has been calling 1/2 stack with Q4 suited and stuff when he is 100 bb deep.

Flop comes A 7 10 c c h.

BB villain bets £75 ( pot is £105)
UTG f+1 folds.
Hero ??

Pre- I thought both options were ok( calling as whale can have a terrible hand & can just gift us money )

as my hand is miles ahead of whale, i could create a scenario where i get hero to fold a better hand and whale to stack off.

On the flop, i thought his bet was slightly big at the time, but now it looks ok and he could just bet like 1/2 and get it in turn.

When we flop top pair and "Good vil" c bets to this size can we just fold top pair ? I know we are bluff catching and dont beat any value range.

I could be wrong, but folding pre seems bad given the factors above.