Everyone limps BB2k
I’m on the button with A6(hearts) I x5 to 10k(87kbehind) , SB (has me covered) is the only caller.
Flops comes 9(D)3(S)6(C) , SB leads out 8k, I call.
Turn A(D), SB goes all in, I call with 2pair.
River brick 10(C)
He flips over set 333.
I just don’t understand how I can fold in this spot.
First, I would say please use a full hand history or preferably a re-player (CardsChat has their own -
https://www.cardschat.com/poker/tools/hand-converter/). This will make it much easier to see details of the hand such as number of players, stack sizes, etc. rather than us having to try to piece together all of this information to give you a fully detailed answer.
Pre-flop: Personally, I prefer a call with raggy suited A's most of the time, against multiple limpers. Generally if a game is playing like this, seeing a cheap flop with hands that either completely whiff or make the nuts/draw to the nuts is a good option as you can get away for the cost of 1bb, or take the weak, passive players to value town. But I think a raise is good also as you will quite often take down the pot and if you don't, you get to play the rest of the hand in position. BTW, I hate villains call here. With multiple players left to act behind him, this is a terrible spot for 33.
Flop: Villain shouldn't be leading here, but whatever. Perfectly reasonable call. Anything else would have been terrible.
Turn: This is an interesting spot, but I still think it's a fairly trivial call. You're in great shape against his overall range, but you have to realise that you by no means have an absolute lock on this hand. Even AA still loses some percentage of the time (like when the T comes on the river). As it happens, I quite like villains jam as it can look quite bluffy, especially on a relative brick turn card.
Overall I think you played the hand pretty much perfectly, maybe I would play preflop differently, but that doesn't mean you were wrong. Villain played poorly pre-flop and on the flop, and got lucky.
As Fundiver said above, you are being too results orientated rather than process/decision orientated. This is a mental leak that will cost you chips and money. You cannot control the cards, or the way your opponent plays, you can only control the decisions you make. Sometimes the cards will conspire against you and despite you making the best possible play, you still lose. That's why poker is the game it is and why the fish keep coming back for more. Embrace the fact that poor players will win hands, but good players will win tournaments.
By the way, according to statistics, this is the most profitable button.
