I've been noticing a lot of spots like this that I tend to autopilot but need to be fine-tuned to build winrate (especially with SoCal rake...)
~$500 effective stacks. I've been card dead and playing pretty snug but I've opened and won pots on a few flops (in addition to one more hand which I'll get to in a sec) so I have a decently aggressive image but not loose.
Villain is early/mid 20's, bought it for $300 but I missed his big hands. I would guess he's played a fair amount of poker based on his lingo and he seems to think about hands. General vibe of borderline competence but plays fishy, limping a lot and calling a lot of opens, though I haven't seen his cards so he could be running hot for all I know.
I've seen him open JJ a couple times and squeeze KK huge from a $12 open to $75.
Only big hand we've played is I open $12 UTG, loose guy calls next to act, villain overcalls UTG+2, and weird tricky guy overcalls in the blinds.
Flop J75tt, I bet $35, loose guy and villain call, tricky guy folds.
Turn offsuit 9, I bet $75, loose guy snap calls and villain tank calls
River offsuit 2 I shove $200, loose guy folds and villain tank folds, saying he has AJ.
I friendly-needle him a little for thinking so long with AJ.
Now this hand.
I open K
Q
UTG to 12. Villain calls and a mediocre TAG flats out of the blinds.
Flop 874r, one club. Checks around.
Turn K
, TAG checks, I bet 25 into 32, villain calls and TAG folds.
River J
, pot is 82, no possible flush.
I'll chime in with my thoughts and one more segment after a few responses if a discussion gets going.