An interesting cash hand

I played this hand the other day on poker stars which I thought was somewhat interesting.


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Seat 1: Fu Burger ($1035.60)
Seat 2: murph0511 ($1108)
Seat 3: gladia2r ($1153.85) -
Seat 4: redargoe ($1098.05) -
Seat 5: redeye3030 ($1487.30) -
Seat 6: PiS.ToTo ($600)


PRE-FLOP:

redargoe posts small blind $3
redeye3030 posts BIG blind $6
Dealt To: redeye3030


FOLD PiS.ToTo
FOLD Fu Burger
RAISE murph0511 ($24)
FOLD gladia2r
FOLD redargoe
RAISE redeye3030 ($96)
CALL murph0511 ($72)


FLOP:

Pot: $201


CHECK redeye3030
CHECK murph0511

Not exactly the flop I was hoping to see. I elect to check to control the size of the pot.

TURN:

Pot: $201


CHECK redeye3030

The turn pairs the Q. I check again to control pot size and also to give my opponent an opportunity to bluff.

BET murph0511 ($156)
CALL redeye3030 ($156)

He bets about three quarters of the pot and I obviously just call.


RIVER:

Pot: $513


CHECK redeye3030
BET murph0511 ($348)
CALL redeye3030 ($348)

The river pairs the J. I check again because there are no worse hands that can call. My opponent fires about three quarter pot again. At this point I start trying to think of hand combinations that contain a Q or J that he would play this way. If he has QT or QJ he is almost always going to bet the flop. I think he also bets the flop with KQ a decent amount of the time. I think AQ is the most probable Qx hand he can have. I really don't think there are many Jx hands that he plays this way. Maybe he bets the turn with KJ or AJ a small portion of the time.

Another key factor for me deciding to call the river was that if he did bluff the turn with air or a semibluff, I think he will always fire a second barrel on this river card. My hand is obviously a marginal hand that wants to get to a cheap showdown. It's possible I have a hand like AJ, but more likely I have a one pair hand - or I could have had KTs and got counterfeit.

SHOWDOWN:
murph0511:

redeye3030: