Raise or fold?

Villain is like 24/18 TAG who doesn't really 'get it' and doesn't adjust very well to my aggression. I like to fuck with him a good bit, RRing him IP and stuff. He check/folds a fair few flops to me when I call his raises pf with position though I was surprised when he checked this flop whatever his range is.

$2.5/$5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($313.30)
CO ($523.15)
BTN ($731.26)
SB ($495.00)
Hero ($517.50)

Pre-flop: ($7.5, 5 players) Hero is BB :js: :qs:
3 folds, SB raises to $15, Hero calls $10

Flop: :ah: :kc: :jc: ($32.5, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: :9s: ($32.5, 2 players)
SB bets $20, Hero calls $20

River: :qc: ($72.5, 2 players)
SB bets $42, $42 to Hero ($482.5)?

Why can't you call?

em.. I guess thats an option. I kinda feel that if calling is an option than raising is always better.

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Originally Posted by Irisheyes

em.. I guess thats an option. I kinda feel that if calling is an option than raising is always better.

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Your hand is really just a bluff catcher here in this spot now. You're not raising this river for value, you'd be turning it into a bluff right? I guess raising folds out a good chunk of his range though... I'm just running through thoughts, obv I dont play this level - tell me if I'm way off.

This is the type of guy who can show up with a flush here though. And he's not folding a T to a raise. It'd also be really weird to see him show up with a better two pair or a set. I don't see how a raise could possibly be better than a call.

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Originally Posted by Massimo

This is the type of guy who can show up with a flush here though.

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I'm not so sure this is true. Of course the problem is will he realise that I probably can't have a flush here?

I really can't understand why he didn't bet the flop though. I mean this flop should be an easy bet regardless of his range and how much I float.

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Originally Posted by Irisheyes

em.. I guess thats an option. I kinda feel that if calling is an option than raising is always better.

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...no?

no what? I didn't mean that as a general statement, I ment specific to this hand.

i just call this. i think folding is a mild mistake, and i think raising is a big mistake, because we have good equity, and all raising does is fuck that equity, so why do it?

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Originally Posted by will641

i just call this. i think folding is a mild mistake, and i think raising is a big mistake, because we have good equity, and all raising does is fuck that equity, so why do it?

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Agreed