$50 NLHE 6-max: Was this the optimal line ?

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Blinds 25/50c

Action folds to Hero $50 on button with Jd Js who opens to
$1.25

SB $50 3 bets to $4
BB folds Hero calls

Pot $8.50
Flop Qs Jh 3d
SB bets almost full pot $8
Hero calls
Pot $24.50
Turn 7h
SB bets smaller this time $14
Hero jams remaining stack
SB calls and shows QdKs drawing dead
River 4s

Even though I got called on this occasion do we feel this line could of scared off other hands I'm beating. I thought this afterwards that maybe AA or KK could of folded which would of been bad

How do we feel the hand was played on each street ?
My thoughts where he could put me on plenty of draws which could play this way
 
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I think it was fine. He probably had 22 behind, so he could call with top pair good kicker or overpair. Also you would hate to see a 10 or something that completes the broadway
 
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Pre-flop 4-bet JJ, especially 3 handed.

On the flop Hero should be looking to get his stack in. The best way to do this is re-raising preflop. If Villain has nothing she will fold on the next raise. Villain's original raise indicates she has at least a pair or big draw, If villain doesn't have the draw and it comes in she will fold smaller hands on a raise on the turn.

As played Villain raise makes the shove mandatory, IMHO.
 
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I don't think that any line is going to be optimal against every hand in our opponent's range.

Here, you got villain to put in his entire stack with a hand worse than AA and KK.

I think your line was fine.
 
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In general I think you have played the hand very well.
I doubt that an SB is folding AA or KK when the range that call/3-bet preflop from BTN, blocks those hands and capped a lot the range of villain. Unless the opponent thinks we never have bluffs. Which seems unlikely, under normal circumstances.
Also it seems that the villain wants you to fold as soon as possible, due to the bet sizes he chooses. So of course we can still get the maximum value on the turn when we decide to push, since the 7h is a total brick in this texture de board.
Greetings.
 
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What other line were you thinking you could do? Just call the turn? And then you're missing out on value if missed draws don't bluff the river. With your stack size left, it wouldn't even be a good bluff. There's just not much left behind to not just GIAI on the turn.
 
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