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Villian has VIP 77 PFR 11 over 30 hands.
He called about 60% of my steals and 3bettet 18%.

I had only a read that the stabs the turn w/ a half pot bet @ Q727 but folds to a X-Raise.

I have a feeling that i misplayed this hand from the start. Any comments?

Hero (BB): $57.87
BTN/SB: $40.05

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with A 9
BTN/SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.50, BTN/SB calls $2

Flop: ($5.00) 4 3 A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($10.00) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $5, Hero calls $5

River: ($20.00) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $30.05 all in, Hero???

Why did you check the flop to him?

Well because i saw him stab the Turn w/ Air a couple of hands ago.
But i think against this weak player in this stage of the game i should bet 100% of my Ax hands.

Unless he is playing very tight vs cbets you should be cbeting all your top pairs as he is probably pretty call happy.
Fold river as people just dont over bet bluff that often and you could be calling for a chop vs all his Ax hands and this river is pretty bad for anyone to bluff (even though he seems bad it still makes it less likely he'll bluff)
However you do have pretty much the top of your range so if you aren't calling here what are you calling with (I guess some 4x maybe)

i think i put me in a tough spot, which shouldnt be one...

But an additional question:

What is our play when we...
a) ...bet Flop and he raises the Flop
b) ...bet Flop/turn and he raises the Turn

I'm new to HU but here's my two cents anyway. I would bet the flop here always to build the pot with TP and if I were to take an alternative line, it would be to check turn to induce. As played, I think you have to fold the river because we can't expect him to be taking a bet/bet/overbet-shove line as a bluff just based on the read you have on him. And for your additional questions:

a) 30 hands with these stats is probably enough to draw the conclusion that he is not a winning player. A guy like that could be raising the flop with any ace, if he doesn't know the difference between TPNK and TPTK. Then again he could be the type that's calling with TP and raising only 2p+. Seems like A9 is really a borderline hand even if he is raising any ace on the flop, which could be too optimistic to assume. I stoved it and got ~50% equity vs. a range of 33-44, A2s-AJs, 43s, A2o-AJo. In the heat of the battle I would end up calling the flop raise and c/f'ing turn to a decent bet although I'm not sure if this line is optimal.

b) I think it's a pretty standard fold as there is nothing you beat in his range.

Given just the limited info in your post about him, being 70/11 (although ip and oop #'s are much better for HU), I would just be very content to value bet until raised and if we did get raised fold everything but our very best hands.

Dont mind line, even if he is a 70/11. Some of them are aggro.

Now call river.

Do people really overbetbluff in this spot? I feel like at these stakes people make large overbetbluffs preflop or on the flop usually because of tilt, but when they overbet the river, you're usually up against a huge hand.

Villain's line here is hyper-aggro and not something I would expect from a player with these stats. I don't think we have enough information about him to assume he knows hero can rarely c/c three streets after checking the flop, therefore giving him green light to take a bet/bet/jam line.