Hero ($750): Won most of my stack on a flopped straight and a 3 hand stretch of AK,AQ, and AA, otherwise have been playing slightly loose preflop but pretty TAG post. Villain and I have been at the table for about 3 hours together.

Villian ($700): middle aged guy who won most of his stack with flopped trips vs a guy that couldn't fold AA. He also won a big pot from me a few hours ago when he turned a straight to beat my flopped set. He's fairly passive pre, and seems to only be raising quality hands. Post flop, he tends to bet his big hands, such as the trips mentioned above, though he has tried a few unsuccessful bluffs.

Hero straddles $4

4 or 5 limpers, including V in SB. Hero makes it $34 total with AK. 2 callers.

Flop K-9-7 rainbow. V checks, hero bets $25, other caller folds, V makes it $55. Hero calls (seems standard but I'm open to thoughts)

Turn: 3 completing the rainbow. V quickly bets $120. Hero calls (Thoughts on this?)

River: J. V checks. Hero...?

Larger flop bet needed. 25 into a 100 pot is too small. I would probably bet river for value and fold to a shove or large raise.

flop bet wayyyy too small. ok with the flat behind post. id prob 3bet V though but who knows if thats right either.

not knowing he would check river, my play on turn would be to ship or fold. for how its played with a call i guess its fine.

when he checks river, i think this eliminates 777 or 999. i think this opens his range to KQ and maybe QJ. i think you could probly get some thin value outa this hand but imo its b/f situation. check behind is ok but i would think tptk is good here.

For those saying the flop bet is too small, it seems like his range for calling pre is pretty narrow (99+, AK, and maybe AQ), so that K is likely to be a pretty scary card for him, but in my experience fish tend to not fold JJ/QQ if the price is right even if an over flops. Do you really think he calls $50+ with JJ/QQ?

its 1/2, people never wanna be believers and will at least see a turn with big pairs even if overs hit. this is most of the time. got over $100 in the pot and you bet 1/4 the pot. i just feel like if V does have 99+, they will come along and see one card. not extracting max value on flop with at least a 1/2 pot bet is incorrect. This can be a flop we continue a lot of the time too with air or underpair.

Do you think he limps JJ/QQ preflop here? I don't.... That's why I like a little bit bigger bet. If he has a king he's going to pay to hit his kicker. If he has anything else besides a set I don't really see him continuing.

What I think is happening is he sees your 1/4 pot bet as weakness - a c-bet where you whiffed the flop (AQ/AJ/AT). So he raises KQ/KJ here. You call with your (in his eyes AQ/JJ/QQ) trying to hit the turn or maybe backdoor clubs. He bets again because his KQ is in the lead (or so he thinks) but really if you have AQ/QQ are you calling a bet???? When you do call the turn bet he thinks, oh wow maybe hero really does have a hand and checks the river...

one question..... Why is your c bet smaller than your pre flop raise? That's a leak without a reason(ex. so he would raise so you could 3 bet) Not that I think thats the play, but im open to it. Bet 55- 70 on flop. KQss is probably in his range...

I think this is correct, but I also think he's letting worse hands that missed bet the river. Either way a decent sized 2/3 pot value bet is in order, fold if raised obviously.