$1.50 NLHE STT: How to play this in the micros?

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Villian Stats (VPIP/PFR/AF): 30/25/0.5

Hi CardsChat, I came up against this and I find it's a fairly common scenario in the micro-stakes that I'm not sure I play well. Villain is loose-passive but not a total donk. Before villain's raise I would put him on a range of 33+, A2s+, KJs+, ATo+, but is he shoving with anything that I beat? Are there any bluffs in his range now?
I understand the best person(s) to answer are myself and the others at the table and I need to work on my reads of players but all the same any advice on this type of spot? How would you have played it?

Villain VPIP/PFR/AF 30/25/0.5

pokerstars, $1.29 + $0.21 - Hold'em No Limit - 60/120 (15 ante) - 5 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

enhyl (UTG): 1,817 (15 bb)
baradass (CO): 3,955 (33 bb)
luisboac (BU): 2,954 (25 bb)
Ari Araujo (SB): 1,752 (15 bb)
boniboni606 (BB): 3,022 (25 bb)

Pre-Flop: (255) Hero (luisboac) is BTN with K K
2 players fold, luisboac (BU) raises to 300, 1 fold, boniboni606 (BB) calls 180

Flop: (735) 6 3 3 (2 players)
boniboni606 (BB) checks, luisboac (BU) bets 490, boniboni606 (BB) calls 490

Turn: (1,715) A (2 players)
boniboni606 (BB) checks, luisboac (BU) bets 1,020, boniboni606 (BB) raises to 2,217 (all-in), luisboac (BU) folds

Total pot: 3,755
boniboni606 (BB) wins 3,755
 
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check back this turn for pot control and evaluate river. all your bet accomplishes on the turn is making worse hands fold, so you are basically bluffing with a hand that could still be the best hand in this spot.

preflop and flop play is perfect, but yeah, in future when that over hits that smashes his range, you need to slow down and not get attached over hands like this. yes it's a great hand preflop and on the flop, but that turn card changes everything.
 
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Perfect Wizzim analysis. X the BB that has a bigger range, that bet on the turn very bad.
 
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You need more information about your opponent. If he inclined slowplay big hands you can betting very small on this board structure.1-we balanced hand range; 2-find out information about the strength of your opponent's hand. Also: if you betting with Ax hands on this turn - bet its no bad. However check-back on the turn will talk about the very strong our hands. If the opponent is ready to pay with the second pair against UTG well, no - we will see showdown however we are paid only hands stronger than ours.
 
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I think check back turn is the way to go. If you bet, I would want to call it off because of stack sizes.
 
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Well, if you didn't write that this was micros it would have been rather obvious from the action. Investing 60% of the stack just to fold on the turn - such things can be often be seen in freerolls.

As for your action i see nothing wrong with slowplaying pocket kings: if the villain is indeed passive then preflop 3-bet would make him fold but with such hand you'd want to get all the chips in the pot.

But as for your turn play i'm not sure: if the villain's range evaluation is correct he should've had lots of aces there + after turn bet he was pot-committed. Thus your all-in looks like a kind of "hero call". Your success there was a direct result of terrible play from the villain: apparently he decided to bluff you on the turn which he should've done with all-in - then you would've been in a tough spot. Anyway I'd seriously consider folding on the turn because it's very believable that villain had his ace.
 
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If it was me I would say he either had a6o or nothing. Checking the turn would have been the way to go in case river improves yor hand.

Check/raising is a very good bluff tactic but it is also a trap tactic.
 
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He has ACE. I don't think it's a bluff. It's good to know with what hands your opponent is playing a check raise. But you've given him a pretty wide range of aces. It is possible that he was bought with overсards. On the turn, you had to play a pot-control and take a free card
 
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check back turn, betting with kings makes zero sense. It is much better to bet with 77-99, because you protect your equity by making him fold overcards. With kings there is no point.
 
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