If I hate AJ so much, why do I continue to play it?

[Los Feliz Slim]

I keep claiming I'm just mucking AJ preflop, and I keep not doing it. This one is sooted, so of course I play it like a moron. What should I have done differently? Turn bet too weak? What do you think Villain had (Villain is TAA, not playing a lot of hands but playing them very aggressively)?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB ($153.16)
BB ($94.5)
UTG ($94.1)
UTG+1 ($99)
MP1 ($98.4)
Hero ($108.5)
CO ($136.65)
Button ($116.79)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, CO calls $4, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: ($9.50) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, CO calls $6.

Turn: ($21.50) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, CO calls $10.

River: ($41.50) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $40</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $91.50

[TrailofTears]

AJs/o is one of my losingest hands in PT. I think I am in the same boat as you. I would imagine I overplay/overvalue it. I need to treat it more like AT/A9 than AQ/AK.

Sorry I can't offer much on the hand. That is a nasty board for AJ, and I probably just check/fold the river, as there are virtually no hands that you are beating that a TAA player would be holding.

-Trail

[Allinlife]

I think checking turn to control the pot size is good given that board was nearly drawless on flop.

on river, probably make a blocking bet and fold to a raise.