[mexineil]

I can't believe I'm the first one to say I'd do this:

All in.

There's no reason to believe your AA isn't good at this point, and you have the draw to the nuts. NO chance am I giving him credit for the flush. You can't always be scared of someone holding 2 diamonds when the flop brings 3 of them. So if we forget about the possibility of him having the flush just now, the flop is J83. You can't ask for a much better flop for your bullets. The only realistic hand he can have to beat you is 33 88 JJ, and you would think he would be raising preflop with JJ. There are an awful lot of second best hands he could have here. KJ with the Kd is a realistic possibility, or even the Qd. And even if he has you beat just now, then you've still got a great chance of winning with a diamond or an ace on the turn or river.

Christian, and Alien too in fact - I think your suggestion of how to play the hand is really weak. Why would you want to call of some more of your chips then leave yourself with a very hard decision to make on 4th street? Put your opponent to the decision, stick your chips in. You've got a pair of aces and the redraw to the nut flush. As a great player once said:

"Enough screwin' around gasbag - I'm all in!"