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One more win please Patriots!

I'm still running abhorrently, but I want to post a pretty interesting hand from today. I take a very non-standard line on almost every street (flop being the least weird), and end up having my river overbet paid off by king high. The villain in the hand is a regular, and I understand exactly what he's thinking - I played it like a spazzy flush draw and he blocks AKcc and AJcc so I must have a smaller busted FD which he beats. The idea was of course to rep a FD the whole way (having the Ac in my hand makes it pretty unlikely the villain is going to have a FD, though it turned out otherwise in this particular instance), and hope to get a curiosity payoff of the large variety from Qx, KK, etc should the board run out clean for them.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed)
Hero (CO) ($400)
Button ($499.20)
SB ($400)
BB ($400)
UTG ($312.85)
UTG+1 ($400)
MP1 ($438.25)
MP2 ($408.80)
MP3 ($406)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♣, A♥
4 folds, MP3 bets $8, Hero calls $8, 3 folds

Flop: ($22) 4♠, 4♣, Q♣ (2 players)
MP3 bets $12, Hero raises to $40, MP3 raises to $96, Hero calls $56

Turn: ($214) 3♦ (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero checks

River: ($214) 2♦ (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets $230, MP3 calls $230

Total pot: $674 | Rake: $3

Results:
MP3 mucked K♣, J♣ (one pair, fours).
Hero had A♣, A♥ (two pair, Aces and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $671

In hindsight, I wish I had held ATcc instead of AA!