Tricky Decision Early in the Saturday Roller

Kevilfish

This is 20 minutes into the Roller on Saturday night. The opponent had just moved to the table and I had never heard of him so obviously no read at the time.
I'll let you share your opinions before I give my reasons behind the desion I made.
Do you; fold, call or raise?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
hurst05	Small blind		20.00	20.00	9270.00
Nutter5932	Big blind		40.00	60.00	4375.00
	Your hole cards	A Q
Kevilfish	Raise		120.00	180.00	5960.00
penguin7	Fold
xxx	Call		120.00	300.00	5105.00
hurst05	Fold
Nutter5932	Fold
Flop
		A 10 5
Kevilfish	Bet		200.00	500.00	5760.00
xxx	Call		200.00	700.00	4905.00
Turn
		10
Kevilfish	Bet		350.00	1050.00	5410.00
xxx	Call		350.00	1400.00	4555.00
River
		J
Kevilfish	Bet		700.00	2100.00	4710.00
xxx	Raise		2100.00	4200.00	2455.00
Kevilfish

salad24

I would personally sigh, fold. No missed draws out there so hard to put him on a bluff and you can't beat his value raises. "find a better spot."

pod1

agree with salad here mate, looks like you aint beating much. time to shut down i guess, we all know aq loses in spots like this ;-)

GaryQQQ

Reluctant fold, you're likely well behind his river re-raising range.

Awkward spot OOP. I like to keep the pot small and check/call (or check/check) from the turn here. Why?

1. You could have gone to showdown for the same price (or cheaper) than you paid to fold as played. Even if you lose you get to see his cards and gain some valuable information.

2. If his range does include weaker aces and missed draws you can win instead of being pushed off on the river.

3. You also have the option to fold and save some chips if he bombs the pot on either street and you choose to believe him.

Kevilfish

Thanks for the comments guys.

I decided to fold this hand. I felt I'm beat by quite a lot. AK (unlikely - he flats pre), AJ, AT, possibly pocket 5's or a hand like T9 or JT of hearts (middle pair and a back-door flush draw in position getting 5/2 to call flop).

The only made hand I can beat is A9/8 which is very unlikely to be raising on that river with no kicker.

GaryQQQ: I understand your points on check/calling, I have made this move previously and agree with the benefits that you get to the river cheaply but, do you lose value out of mid-Aces or a hand like AJ (before it hit the river) that are going to call you down?

Possibly another topic for discussion.