2-5 live hand WTF does he have

I went to a casino with Irisheyes on Monday and we played 2-5 NL. We talked about this hand on the way home and both of us were baffled by villain's line so let's see if anyone here can help.

Everyone else at the table sucks I don't know exactly how many people were there for this hand because a couple of people kept leaving and coming back. I raised KQo to $20 in EP with about $700 behind, folds to BB who has me covered. He's fairly aggressive compared to most of the table but he isn't good. I picked up a tell on him that he bets big with good hands and small with weak hands or when he's bluffing. I re-raised him once before and he called and folded to a c-bet.

Flop is QJ6 rainbow, I bet $30 he c/r to $90. I called because I thought he'd give away his hand on the turn, which he did. It was another J and he bet $100 which was less than half pot, so I called planning to insta-call any river bet.

River was another J giving me top boat and he checked. I'm 100% sure I have the best hand but

1) What hand would he possibly play like this.
2) How much do you bet?

he could have KT t9 qt q9 q8 a6, and yes you must bet, probably $150-200

He doesn't have you beat, and there aren't any hands in the losing range which pay you off big, so make a small value bet.

Originally Posted by gabe

he could have KT t9 qt q9 q8 a6, and yes you must bet, probably $150-200

Why would we bet here, what is he calling with? A worse Q splits, if he's on the draw let him fire away.

Also, what's up with playing a heads-up pot in a live game?

Originally Posted by Fnord

Why would we bet here, what is he calling with? A worse Q splits, if he's on the draw let him fire away.

This isn't a spot people like to bet with air.

I'm in position and he already checked

Originally Posted by Fnord

Why would we bet here, what is he calling with? A worse Q splits, if he's on the draw let him fire away.

Also, what's up with playing a heads-up pot in a live game?

Fnord- idk if u realized we are in position but the line of thinking:

"well wtf can he call with that i beat? ill just check" is usually bad, specially in live games cause we are good almost 100% of the time here and poker is a game of mistakes and if we dont allow our opponent to make one, we are giving up some sort of EV

Yeah, $150 sounds g00t. Who the fuck knows what this guy has.

Although AA/KK/Jx calling your $150 wouldn't surprise me at all.

Yeah OK I bet $100 and he called and mucked so I never found out what he had. Irisheyes said I should've bet a lot more but I put him on such a weak hand that I was just hoping he'd make a curiosity call with A high.

I don't think $100 is a bad bet, especially live.

Originally Posted by Massimo

I don't think $100 is a bad bet, especially live.

if he calls 100 100% of the time and 400 5% of the time, and never C/R, u done good

Originally Posted by mcatdog

Yeah OK I bet $100 and he called and mucked so I never found out what he had. Irisheyes said I should've bet a lot more but I put him on such a weak hand that I was just hoping he'd make a curiosity call with A high.

You did fine. My guess is 6x or a mediumish pocket pair.

How about 66?

Originally Posted by StageWhisper

How about 66?

Would have probably mucked face-up and told a sad sad story.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Originally Posted by StageWhisper

How about 66?

Would have probably mucked face-up and told a sad sad story.

True.

I live games.