Top 2 pair facing near min raise

[fisherman]

Effective stacks are $50.
Pauluzz84 is 27/20 AFq 59 over 44 hands
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ibanezrg [Ks] [Qs]
pat1806 folds
pauluzz84 raises to $1.75
Mika74 folds
mater_olive folds
Dulce_Duce folds
Ibanezrg calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Qh 6s Kc]
Ibanezrg bets $2.60
pauluzz84 calls $2.60
*** TURN *** [9d]
Ibanezrg bets $7.50
pauluzz84 raises to $18.00

Basically I am very worried about the raise which is only slightly bigger than a min-raise. It looks like he's raising but doesn't want to make it look like a MR because a MR is usually a big hand and doesn't want to scare me off. Do I just flat call here and see what he does on the river or do I get it in now? The only way the 9 could have helped him is if he had JT but I don't think he would raise with that. Otherwise all I'm behind is 66, or the other 2 Qs or Ks. Thoughts?

[Fnord]

Check/raise the flop every time.

[dalecooper]

What makes you think he wouldn't raise JT? It's right in line with his stats - if he really runs about 20% PFR then he probably raises every JT suited (at least) that he gets.

I agree with Fnord that this is a must check-raise on the flop. And don't be afraid of your slider bar. Try to get the money in early - you're hoping he can't get away from AK/AQ/JT/KJ/AA.

As played, turn action is scary. Pot odds are good but he's repping a pretty small range with that line, and JT is a big, meaty part of it.

[Fnord]

Donking will get him away from air unless you're doing it a lot.

Against a guy opening lots of hands and betting the flop probably 90%++ of the time, the path to exploiting him leads through letting him put in money bad on the flop as often as possible.