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Preflop is close as it’s pretty hard to ‘outplay’ a villain like this with A4s, even in position. Either you flop good or you spew trying to get fancy imo. Still, I lean towards a call here (though I often C/F when I whiff – so maybe this is something to rethink?)

On the flop, I think that range is a bit narrow. I don’t see how you’ve ruled out SCs, AXs+GS, JJ/QQ, or even something like AcT. The fact is that the guy has shown aggression and a willingness to play wide open which should add quite a few hands to his range.

The CR is the strangest part of this hand, and tough to interpret w/o a picture of Hero. I think the flop bet is bad as I have NO desire to play a huge pot with this marginal of a hand nor do I feel the need to ‘protect’ it. Ck the flop, see what develops. The turn could bring a scare card or improve your hand getting you to a cheap showdown which is obv worth quite a bit here from an informational standpoint alone.