Slow playing Aces with 100bb stack against Whale oop 5 handed 25nl Bovada 6max

[JimmyS1985]

I don't normally advocate slowplaying strong over pairs when you're deep stacked in a cash game, particularly oop, as a general rule of thumb I consider it a fishy way to play JJ QQ KK or AA.

I was wondering if the community and flopturnriver though that in this situation it was ok to do against this specific opponent however?

Hero is in SB with AA 100+bb in stack

My table image is probably borderline TAG and LAG

Villain is a whale in the BB 99bb in his stack.

VPIP 62
PFR 22
AGG 1.5
3BET 28.1

UTG Open limps
CO folds
BTN folds
Hero raises to 5bb
BB 3bets to 11.5bb
UTG folds

Given his position, his propensity to 3bet wide and play lots of hands, I decided that 4betting and risking blowing him off his hand would not have been the best play here. I don't think he's that much of a spazz to 5bet shove here unless he has KK which is only the very top of his very wide 3betting range

Hero flats, pot is 24.2bb going to flop

Flop comes 754 rainbow, not a great board, but I still see getting a lot of value from all of his overpairs. Any naked 6 has a strong draw, but that's a pretty narrow portion of his 3betting range even if he 3bets wide.

Hero X's

Whale Cbets 17.5bb

At this point I'm intending to play for stacks regardless what comes on turn or river, even if a 3 6 or 8 hits. If he makes a monster off any of those cards, well that's just bad luck and another classic reason on why not to slowplay overpairs oop and deep stacked.

Hero flats, pot is now 59bb and villain has just over a pot sized bet left in his stack.

Turn is a 3, giving any naked 6 a straight.

Hero X's, Villain bets out again for 38bb

At this point he's getting the pot odds to call with virtually everything best I can tell, so I come over the top with a XR for his entire stack.

Hero raises 76bb

Villain calls his remaining 33bb in his stack.

River is a J

Hero shows AA

Villain shows 88

Hero wins 201bb pot.



I know this is generally a high risk, but potentially high reward way to play the hand, do you think against this opponent, extremely wide VPIP/PFR/3betting ranges that it was ok in this particular circumstance to slowplay AA deep stacked or do you think against a much more competent opponent I may have been setting myself up for losing my entire stack instead?