I just don't think he has an ace ... how to play it?

[elindauer]

There's no need to worry about your image when your opponent just posted.

Your plan of checking to induce a bluff is ok, but you probably won't save any money if he does have an ace. Personally, I like betting since he didn't raise preflop the way so many people would with an ace, and there are lots of weaker hands that might call but not bet.

I just don't find that "inducing bluffs" works often enough to make up the value bets missed. This line where the agressor the whole hand sudenly checks the river is just a mediocre hand trying to get to showdown so often that many people don't bluff that spot. After watching people check down hopeless hands, and call with hopeless hands, I've stopped inducing bluffs and just value bet everything out of position.

-Eric