£4 NLHE 6-max: My mind went blank - what should I make of this?

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Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 15/11/27

Ok so I'm going to post the whole hand as played and I'd like to know what you guys would do differently here.

I suppose main points here are:

The check-raise on the turn - should I really be calling this? Does it look like a bluff or semi-bluff to any of you? I hit two pair and I'm thinking I'm good but there is a flush out there and I'm not sure about re-raising?
The river - I'm thinking it was a bet/fold spot? Not 100% on this though and I was rather curious as to what this tight looking player was holding so decided to check behind.

IPoker Network $4.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2035246
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CO: $5.36 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 12, 3B: 4, AF: 1.4, hands: 142
Hero (BTN): $5.87 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 3, AF: 2.6, Hands: 48062
SB: $5.44 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 11, 3B: 4, AF: 2.6, Hands: 1254
BB: $5.00 - VPIP: 35, PFR: 28, 3B: 12, AF: 2.0, Hands: 395
UTG: $8.19 - VPIP: 32, PFR: 10, 3B: 2, AF: 4.7, Hands: 156
MP: $4.88 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 12, 3B: 4, AF: 1.4, Hands: 142

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is BTN with K
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Q
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3 folds, Hero raises to $0.16, SB calls $0.14, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.36) 4
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K
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6
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SB checks, Hero bets $0.28, SB calls $0.28

Turn: ($0.92) Q
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SB checks, Hero bets $0.72, SB raises to $1.44, Hero calls $0.72

River: ($3.80) 2
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SB checks, Hero checks
 
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It's so much easier to analyze a hand after it's been played. I know exactly what you mean about being so curious about what the other player has. It's bitten me many times.

So, here's my thinking in reviewing your hand:

Villain (V): you have enough hands on this player to know that overall they play on the TAG spectrum. They don't go crazy with what they play, but when they play they do somewhat aggressively.

Starting preflop: What kind of hand is V going to flat with OOP PF? What is the fold to steal stat that you have for V? I'd assume a range of suited connectors, small-mid pocket pairs, or possibly slow playing something bigger (have you seen V do this before?).

Flop: V check/calls to a standard c-bet. Could be that V doesn't believe your c-bet (do you have a very high c-bet %?) or, more likely, that there's a draw or V hit a piece of this and wants to continue and see what the Turn brings. Again, could be monster floating. Seems to me when I'm playing 6max micros (I play 10NL) that a lot of players float the flop c-bet.

Turn: To me that small check/raise is begging you to come along so I'd imagine V has hit his flush. Of course, it could also be a little bet to see if you'll fold with that scare card. Again, have you any experience with this V doing this kind of move before? I doubt there's any sets here now because with two to a flush, if V has hit a set I think you'd usually see a raise to your cbet (since V isn't a passive player type).

River: V again follows the pattern of checking. Either hoping you'll bet again and V can reraise again with the flush. Or checking because V knows you won't fold now and is planning a check/fold.

As played, I guess you could put out a bet on the River and see what V does. It's probably throwing away more money because I think, given that this looks like a regular player, it is more likely V hit the flush and has you beat.

I'd like to think I'd fold to the T minraise, but I'd probably end up doing exactly what you did. I'm eager to see what more experienced players think about this hand.
 
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I bet the river about half pot and fold to a raise.
 
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I'm fine checking behind. That turn checkraise has me real scared, only reason I call is that this nit won't have many flushes, we're splitting alot, and we have sick odds. (I'm very close to folding here).

At the end of the day I can't see villain making that checkraise for value with a hand we beat, if he was pulling some sick bluff off he won't be calling now. I'd have folded to any bet he'd have made on the river.
 
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I'm totally fine with check behind on the river. Actually I'm good start to finish. He could have hit the flush but he could also have like AQ/AK w/ A of spades. Nits will flat those hands a lot from the blinds. You just have way too much showdown value to risk getting blown off the hand by a c/r.
 
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On this dryish flop villian would expect you to cbet 100% of the time. Probably he's not floating with Ax type of hands OOP but he's calling with some middle pairs. Turn CR seems scary but i think it's a good card to bluff so he can turn his 77-JJ with a spade into a bluff.

His river check is a little weird as i'd expect him to bet a flush 100% of the time unless he has some sick read on you. I think he tried to pull off some bluffs on the turn but realized you're not folding so gave up on the river. I might be inclined to bet as he might make a frustrated call with JJ, but probably i'm checking behind to be on the safe side.
 
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Shove, busted flush draws should fill your range and he should be calling light. He bets a flush on the river always. He's gonna have a ton of busted draws, and won't be calling a lot, but its a good spot to see if he can bluff catch. Especially since it's button vs. blind and people just think you're FOS OTB IMHO.

I agree that calling the turn is dubious. This guy isn't particularly aggressive. I suppose we're getting great implied odds to boat up, but if he bet the river large I'd prolly give up.
 
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